McCain to Criticize Giuliani on Guns

[RamboLiberal]

Republican presidential candidate John McCain lobbed a thinly veiled attack at fellow rival Rudy Giuliani, describing the former mayor's "devious" attempt with a lawsuit "to bankrupt our great gun manufacturers."

Giuliani said he preferred to focus on the lion's share of issues on which he and the National Rifle Association agree.

Sen. McCain, R-Ariz., and the former New York mayor are among several officials speaking Friday at a National Rifle Association conference.

In his prepared speech, McCain refers to a lawsuit by Giuliani and other mayors against the gun industry, to Giuliani's shifting Second Amendment position and to Giuliani's use of the term "extremists" in relation to the NRA.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070920/republicans-guns/

Good - love it when the Repukes are sniping at each other.

[billbuckhead]

1. The RepuKKKes ought to have a shooting contest instead of a primary

Then they could really snipe at each other. Maybe they would nominate Ted Nugent.

[benEzra]

2. This could be a big opportunity for Dem candidates, IF they play it right.

Take a firm, no-BS "leave it to the states" position and let Guliani's/Romney's lousy record on gun-owner rights speak for itself. The repubs are forgetting what happened to Bush the Elder in '92, after he and arch-right-winger William J. Bennett enacted the first "assault weapon ban" by executive order and promised more would follow.

Dems and the Gun Issue - Now What? (written in '04, largely vindicated in '06, IMO)