The original point of gun rights, from a Constitutional perspective, was to ensure a viable militia defense in the absence of a standing army. I haven't heard Mr Paul come out against a standing army yet, but you never know I suppose.
In the meantime, it would certainly behoove him to live in New York City for a while, and/or spend some time in a large city trauma unit, to get a better sense of what it really means to have a densely populated urban area awash in guns. Not that the guy who couldn't connect the dots between private conduct and civil rights is likely to absorb reality, or figure out the difference between city and country, with any degree of alacrity, but it couldn't hurt.
As to religion, Mr Paul seems all in favor of practical curtailments when the religion isn't popular, as shown by his stance on the lower Manhattan rec center, so perhaps he needs to reflect on that a bit further.
Indeed, with any luck he will reflect for a long, long time, in obscurity and not in any elected office.
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