This video shows Rudy Giuliani explaining his stance on guns to the NRA. He cites 9/11 as one of the reasons why he is changing his pro-gun control views.
Tim Grieve at War Room asks the obvious questions: “Could the citizens of New York have stopped the attacks of 9/11 if they’d opened fire on those airplanes with handguns and hunting rifles? Should airline passengers be allowed to carry weapons on board?” I’ll add: does Rudy Giuliani think American citizens will soon be fighting terrorists in the streets of their hometowns? Is that what he envisions as the future of The Terrorists’ War on Us?
The easiest explanation for all this nonsense is that Giuliani is pandering, plain and simple. The more complex reason is that Giuliani’s experience on 9/11 made him overly paranoid about the world’s dangers and simultaneously hardened him to what is normal, sane, and good in the world. He now sees danger around every turn — primarily from Islamic terrorists but really from everyone, from everywhere, and at all times.
And, I’ll be perfectly honest, there is a portion of America that actually wants those qualities in a leader. This is the country in which we live, no?
