Questioner Jay Fox: As in any small town, we like our big guns. (cocks gun) Don’t you can answer any way you like.

Duncan Hunter points out the safety infraction the questioner committed. Man, he’s like a loveable grandpa.

Another questioner asks Rudy why he felt gun owners should have to pass a written exam.

Rudy: We have to be very aggressive about the gun laws that exist. I enforced all laws aggressively. What I believe is that the Second Amendment ensures a right to bear arms, and government can issue reasonable regulations. (Gets booed.) He cites criminal background checks. Seems to advocate something of a federalist approach. Cites the upcoming Supreme Court Parker case.

Thompson: The mayor has supported a wide variety of gun control laws. The Second Amendment is not a choice thing; it’s in the Constitution. Points out that it didn’t

Rudy: Some of these gun laws don’t make a city a safer city. What we did in New York did make the city a safer city. The law in the District of Columbia made it impossible to own a firearm.

Eric in Phoenix asks the candidates about their gun collection.

Thompson: I own a couple of guns, but I’m not gonna tell you what they are, or where they are.

McCain: I carried a .45 as a pilot… I don’t own one right now.

Guiliani says he does not own a gun.