Sen. Ted Cruz Leads Fight to Defend 2nd Amendment
In Wake of Efforts to Increase Gun Control
In Wake of Efforts to Increase Gun Control
Visits LaRue Tactical Gun
Manufacturer
LEANDER, TX – U.S. Sen.
Ted Cruz (R-TX) today held a press conference discussing the importance of
defending the Second Amendment in the wake of calls for increased gun control at
the federal level. He spoke at LaRue Tactical, a nationally-renowned gun
manufacturer located outside of Austin.
“Evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that
when the rights of law-abiding citizens to protect themselves, their homes and
their families are taken away, that violent crime increases and citizens are
left more vulnerable to violent criminals,” said Sen. Cruz. “The Supreme Court
made absolutely clear that the Second Amendment is a constitutional right of
every American and constitutional rights are designed to be protected not just
when they're popular, but especially when passions are high among those seeking
to restrict and limit those rights. While we should use every available means to
deter and to punish mass murderers, the federal government should not be trying
to ban gun ownership for law-abiding Americans.”
As a member of the Senate Judiciary
Committee and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the
Constitution, Sen. Cruz has led the charge to ensure that Americans’ Second
Amendment rights are not stifled by ongoing calls for increased gun control in
the wake of the terrible shootings in Newtown. That tragedy was a shocking
display of evil, but stricter gun control would not have prevented it, nor will
keep it from happening again. It would only restrict the constitutional rights
of Americans that respect and follow the law.
Evidence already shows that an assault
weapons ban is ineffective, as concluded by the Department of Justice when the
ban was implemented 1994-2004 and it had no impact on reducing crime. Instead of
passing legislation already proven ineffective, Sen. Cruz has called for action
to rather deter and punish violent criminals and to prevent those with dangerous
mental illness from illegally acquiring firearms.
There is wide agreement that guns should
not be in the hands of the mentally ill, and current law seeks to identify those
individuals, but it relies on states submitting relevant medical records. Not
all states are doing this and reports show that the federal government is not
enforcing or implementing a law that is supposed to reward states for submitting
mental health records and punish states that do not.
Instead of heeding calls that would trample
on Americans’ Second Amendment rights, efforts must be made to enforce current
law and work with states to overcome challenges that prevent them from providing
more robust data. This is an area of bipartisan agreement and a direct way to
address the real problem of the mentally ill getting guns.
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