Another Giuliani endorsement

Louis Freeh:

...

I met Rudy more than 25 years ago as a young prosecutor privileged to work with and learn from one of the most effective U.S. attorneys who has ever served our Justice Department. And since I've known him, Rudy has been guided by the belief that public safety is the most fundamental civil right. Without it, all other rights become obsolete — the right to speak freely means little if fear renders you unwilling or unable to step outside your home. That truth is what makes personal safety, and by extension, law enforcement, so critical. And it's why what Rudy Giuliani did for New York City is one of the most important, and successful, examples of conservative governance this country has ever seen.

When Rudy took office, New York was the crime capital of America, averaging 2,000 murders a year and 11,000 major crimes a week. New Yorkers were abandoning their decaying city in droves — it simply was not a place that people wanted to work, live, or raise a family. To deal with a city where crime was rampant, then-Mayor Giuliani used existing laws to get illegal guns (responsible for about three-quarters of New York's homicides) out of the hands of criminals. And it worked. During his eight years in office, New York saw its murder rate fall by 66 percent and the FBI Crime Index drop by 56 percent, making New York City the safest large city in America.

To measure his success as mayor, you can look at the statistics and you can study the numbers — they are that impressive. But you can also talk to any taxicab driver or doorman in the city, or any of the millions of tourists who visit New York, and they will tell you that New York City is now not just a great city, as it has always been, but a safe city. And that is because of Rudy, his police department and his commitment to fighting crime.

...

I think Freeh is making the case for Giuliani to the NRA which has been concerned about his stand on the 2nd Amendment. I certainly don't think Giuliani is a threat to that amendment and he is unlikely to be pushing Clinton/Democrat type gun control. Not even Democrats have the stomach for that anymore.