Yes, yes, I am still getting e-mails from angry gun owners for my damn Yankee post last night. If this were the beginning of The Simpsons, I’d be standing in front of the classroom writing the Second Amendment over and over again.

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. …

But here is a different, related e-mail:

Rudy could dispense with too much concern over his “third rail” issues
if he came out with strong federalist rhetoric, promising to defer most
of those issues to the states. Guns and immigration issues remain, but
should be easy to handle – particularly guns. I don’t sense any strong,
widespread movement to implement gun restrictions out there, so he can
effectively do nothing on that issue and be ok. Immigration is the
stickler of the 5.