Giuliani is vulnerable on the second amendment, so this *is* a "real world" issue for him. . . . though he'd like to pretend it's not, obviously.

Giuliani is also vulnerable on Amnesty, since he favors an Amnesty program on immigration that is very similar to McCain's. Amnesty destroyed McCain's campaign, and when voters learn Giuliani has the same basic view on Amnesty McCain has, then it will destroy Giuliani's campaign too.

Rudy's gun policies won't play in the heartland...lokk for Fred to move up in the polls after he announces!

All these repubs care about is toting guns,praying and crushing women's rights. I am proud to be a liberal. Guilianni is the only repub candidate with common sense. People can't just run around amuk with guns and his record of improving the crime rate in NY speaks for itself. He also would rather spend time talking about more important issues than courting the right-winged prolife nuts in this country.

All you neocon right-wingers bible thumpers should crawl back into the hole you came from.

Fred Thompson, another neocon. I think the last 8 years is enough to last us awhile. Why don't we give common-sense and objectivity a chance. Enough of this political ideology.

Rudy does have common sense which has been lacking in the GOP. Time for the GOP to go back to a party of common sense and to fixing infrastructure and leave social issues to the states and even then most social issues belong in the home and community not in politics.

Tired of being preached at by the socons who want it their way or no way. I do not believe that religion should play such a part in political elections and abortion is not the most important issue of the day.

I'm amazed at this Guiliani guy. Son of an ex-con with relatives connected to the mafia. Graduates with a J.D. "magna cum laude",(the book "Rudy", an investigative biography of Rudy Guiliani by Wayne Barett says he graduated with "honors", not magna cum laude.) Goes to work for a Judge McManon and has the Judge write a letter to get himself reclassified from 1A to 2A to avoid Vietnam. Runs for various political offices first as a Democrat,then as a Republican. Appoints longtime friends Bernard Kerik and Russell Harding to high political offices. Harding ends up in prison and Kerik in 2006 pleads guilty to ethics violations and is currently under investigation for income tax evasion. Starts a company called Guiliani Partners that seems to be involved in questionable dealings. Lobbies for oil company CITGO and Purdue Pharma, the makers of Oxycontin. After 9/11 is appointed to an Iraq study committee, but never makes one meeting and is asked to resign. Has an affair while married to his second cousin. Moves in with his lover before his divorce then has another affair with Judith Nathan.(Has no room to talk about Bill Clinton, at least Bill is still married to his first wife.) These and other not so savory tidbits can be found at the Village Voice (a NY paper somewhat smaller than the NY Times) A recent NY Business poll shows Guiliani with less support in his home state of NY or in NY City itself than elsewhere. This guy is the Republicans best choice. AMAZING!

" People can't just run around amuk with guns"

The problem with that is criminals already run amok with guns, and suing the people who made the guns isn't going to make the criminals care in the least; nor will it make the guns (that they get for free from gang buddies or theft) harder to get. So all you do by limiting guns to citizens who aren't using them for criminal purposes is taking away one possible deterrent that Real criminals may have. Thompson has the right idea (on this issue), Giuliani is the one off base.
Oh, and no, I don't own a gun nor am I religious in any sense, so I'm not a "gun toting bible thumping nut."

Fred Thompson needs to get up to speed of the 21st century. He is still living in the 18th. Background checks and the like work to keep guns out of the hands of would be criminals. Get Real Fred.

Pointless to worry about guns when there is no such thing as border control.

Giuliani can talk about the crime record in NYC all he wants to. I still feel safer in Cut and Shoot, Texas. The lady who was attacked by pit bulls in her home yesterday proved the value of a handgun, again. ... Giuliani’s disregard for the Second Amendment leads me to wonder what other parts of our Constitution he doesn’t plan to enforce. We already know his willingness to aid and abet illegal aliens without regard to federal immigration laws. His personal life I won’t attack, assisted suicide is illegal. ... When a candidate demonstrates an elitist mind set the rest of America should be worried, be very worried. The last president who demonstrated such a lack of regard for the Constitution and federal law was Andrew Jackson. Yes, he was worse than Bush, much worse. ... Hillary, Obama and Rudy are all pretty much interchangeable. Our country has two hopes for the future. Fred Thompson and Ron Paul. Either one would be fine but a combined team would work rather well. ... And yes Cut and Shoot is a real town in Texas. It’s not far from Point Blank.