Just call him pro-2nd Amendment Rudy

From the New York Post:

The Republican leading Rudy Giuliani's New Hampshire campaign said he thinks the 2008 presidential hopeful will be an "easy sell" - and that the ex-mayor "satisfied" him that he won't support federal assault-weapons bans, as he has in the past.

"I'm satisfied that he believes there's no need for any additional gun laws, that's for sure," Wayne Semprini told The Post yesterday.

As mayor, Giuliani supported the federal ban - which expired in 2004 - and other gun-control programs.

Semprini, who lives in a state where the right to bear arms is a major issue, said, "The context that I took to his approach to guns is . . . he was running the largest city in the country, where there were upwards to 2 million illegal guns floating around in that city, and he wanted to get the crime situation under control."

Giuliani's top adviser, Anthony Carbonetti, insisted the ex-mayor's "position on this has not changed.

"People understand that Rudy had a commitment to protect New York against crime. That has no impact on hunting or gaming."

As mayor, Rudy did what he had to do to achieve safety and security in a city that was filled with dangerous criminals and illegal weapons. Rudy's stewardship has unfortunately been twisted into a false anti-Second Amendment stance by opponents of the Mayor. But now we're seeing Rudy's true position on the issue. Rudy's belief that no new federal gun laws are needed is a mainstream conservative position shared by most Republicans. Just one more piece of evidence that Rudy isn't just a Republican, but a conservative.

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