Quote of the Day

This is the lamest excuse I heard a candidate use to justify his political position. Rudy Giuliani said 9-11 changed everything on (drum roll please) gun control.

"I also think that there have been subsequent intervening events — September 11 — which cast somewhat of a different light on the Second Amendment and Second Amendment rights. It doesn't change the fundamental rights, but maybe it highlights the necessity for them more."

Giuliani is incapable of admitting he flip-flopped on gun control. He would rather evoke 9-11 to pander to a crowd of NRA supporters. Giuliani is concerned his previous anti-gun stance will hurt him with the base.

Giuliani on March 2, 1997

And thanks in part to our stricter gun control laws, crime is down dramatically in New York City. Shootings are down over 50 percent. Murder is down over 50 percent. But the fact is that 90 percent of the guns we take out of the hands of criminals in New York City come from out of the State of New York.

Someone hand this man his NRA membership card.