Posted on 03/29/2007 7:21:40 AM PDT by pissant
Sean Hannity Interview, 2007:
HANNITY: Let me move on. And the issue of guns has come up a lot. When people talk about Mayor Giuliani, New York City had some of the toughest gun laws in the entire country. Do you support the right of people to carry handguns?
GIULIANI: I understand the Second Amendment. I support it. People have the right to bear arms. When I was mayor of New York, I took over at a very, very difficult time. We were averaging about 2,000 murders a year, 10,000...
HANNITY: You inherited those laws, the gun laws in New York?
GIULIANI: Yes, and I used them. I used them to help bring down homicide. We reduced homicide, I think, by 65-70 percent. And some of it was by taking guns out of the streets of New York City.
So if you're talking about a city like New York, a densely populated area like New York, I think it's appropriate. You might have different laws other places, and maybe a lot of this gets resolved based on different states, different communities making decisions. After all, we do have a federal system of government in which you have the ability to accomplish that.
From a 2000 interview with Tim Russert:
Tim Russert: How about registration of ALL handguns?
Rudy Giuliani: Uh, you know I'm in favor of that. I've been on your show many times, talking about, uh, the program that the president (Clinton) talked about in his state of the union speech - I have been giving speeches about and talked about on your show for the last 10 to 15 years. Which is, I believe, is that we should treat the possession of a handgun the way we treat driving an automobile.
And therefore a person who wants to possess a handgun should pass a written test, should be able to pass a physical test in the actual use of the gun, and should have to demonstrate good moral character and a REASON to have the gun.
That those should be, essentially there should be a UNIFORM LAW PASSED BY CONGRESS that says that every state has to administer that, the way we say that we're not going to let you drive an automobile if you're too young, we're not going let you drive an automobile if you had a bad record, and uh, every state has a slightly different variation of that, but every state has a uniform law that guarantees our safety. I think the two things are good analogies, and I've been arguing for that since at least 1980.
Both Rudy and Sean claim to be Roman Catholics. That is my reason for stepping right over this interview.
That is the lie that I abhor.
"I've got a case of dynamite,
I could hold out here all night."
Can I cite my concern the 'redcoats' will come back??? I like my wife's reason, she looks good in photos shooting at the range.
Of course Rudy is a liar - he's a New York liberal. Almost as bad as the hildabeast from my hillbilly perspective.
I think I will break some voter laws and ... VOTE TWICE FOR RUDY! .... just to piss-off pissant
Pissant: IT WORKED. Sorry, but it worked. In a place like NYC, he had to be flexible and IT WORKED. Do you understand what I'm saying..IT WORKED.
A Soviet style police state would work even better. The end does not justify the means.
Hannity's not an apologist. He's a New Yorker who was stunned how one man could make such a huge difference and turn around an entire city.
I'm in the same boat. It's hard not to be impressed when you feel the difference first hand.
Rudy's effect was that profound. Results matter.
I hate to say it but Rudy will be my candidate if it's either him or Hillary! (and only then).
I like where the principled stand folks got us in 2006.
Ask Hunter if he agrees with the Brady Bill. I'll bet he does, as do most people.
Hannity made that point yesterday.
Giuliani and Clinton are two sides of the same coin - he has admitted as much - so I'm not really surprised in the least.
"From what I see, all of the Reupblican candidates want some form of gun control and registr"
Please cite quotes from the following men that they support gun control as Rudy does -
Fred Thompson
Duncan Hunter
Ron Paul
John McCain
But you see, these people think it would have been better to let 2,0000 murders a year happen in NYC than to do gun registration.
"The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces."
-- Maureen Murphy
:)
What does the BRADY bill have to do with what Rudy is talking about in 2000? The Brady bill was already law.
Ask Hunter if he agrees with the Brady Bill. I'll bet he does, as do most people.
I don't know what most people you hang around. I don't know a single person that liked the Brady Bill.
lol that was good
Ask any of them if they agree with the Brady Bill. Or gun registration. Just ask the question and then get back to me.
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