I normally avoid politics here, because (A) I have a weak stomach for such things, and (B) there’s about two dozen gunbloggers who already cover politics much, much better than I could. That said, I found Giuliani’s address to the NRA particularly stomach-churning.

Given his extensive record as a major anti-gunner throughout the ’90s, the guy obviously doesn’t have a leg to stand on. Let’s be crystal-clear on that point. He wasn’t a politician who made some vague anti-gun comments just to get elected in a liberal city, he was a leader in the campaign to bankrupt the entire gun industry via illegitimate lawsuits.

So what does he do? He goes in front of the NRA and trots out the same tired, threadbare “9/11 changed everything!” meme which forms the basis of his entire campaign.

Look, we GET it. You were mayor of NYC when 9/11 happened. We KNOW this, and we’re continually reminded of it because you seem incapable of going more than 15 consecutive seconds without mentioning it. And frankly, I don’t give a fuck. You’re still an authoritarian, anti-gun RINO asshat who I wouldn’t trust to run a canned-food drive, let alone the United States of America.

And I know a LOT of gun owners who feel the same way, which makes me wonder why Giuliani bothered to waste everyone’s time by talking to the NRA, or why the NRA agreed to have their time wasted. Nothing he could have said would make up for his past actions, and his clumsy invocation of 9/11 just lowers the whole thing from stupid to outright offensive.

If you hadn’t guessed by now, I won’t be voting for Giuliani. And if NRA endorses him, I’ll be posting video here of my NRA Life Member card going up in flames. That’s a promise.