Ted Cruz Launches 2nd Amendment Crusade – The Senator Says Texas Tragedy Shouldn’t Force America to Give Up Its Rights

Just hours after the horrible Uvalde, Texas incident, the internet exploded with anti-Second Amendment protests. Of course, those who support the Constitution rapidly rose up to defend 2A.

The battle has been raging ever since, as Democrat leaders demand stricter gun control and harsher laws. Most right-wing politicos and citizens worry that this will result in the loss of more personal freedoms.

Sen. Ted Cruz (TX) agrees — the answer to stopping these tragedies doesn’t involve giving up our rights.

During the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Texas, Cruz delivered a speech that had Conservatives standing and cheering. It comes just days after 19 children lost their lives in a school shooting.

Cruz first expressed regret and pain over the loss, saying that people like the shooter “are the picture of evil” and “the anguish of those families is unimaginable.”

That’s why it’s important for everyone in the state to “come together and comfort those families.” Basically, the Senator says this is a time to love and take care of our children, more so than ever before.

He also added that “when we were growing up, this kind of thing didn’t happen.”

For Cruz, it’s about a much deeper problem in our society, and it has little to do with guns. As he stated (via The Daily Wire):

It’s far easier to slander one’s political adversaries and to demand that responsible citizens forfeit their constitutional rights than it is to examine the cultural sickness giving birth to unspeakable acts of evil.

It’s far less comfortable to ask why despair and isolation and violent hatred is so prevalent in America.

Cruz wants us to discover why “our culture is failing,” and further demands that we examine the broken nuclear family, falling church attendance, social media hostilities, violence in all forms of media and entertainment, and drug abuse.

He doesn’t believe taking guns away will solve any of these issues.

In fact, the issues in question are of far more pressing concern, and the entire country should be extremely concerned — not about who has a gun, but why the violence keeps rising. Said Cruz:

Taking guns away from these responsible Americans will not make them safer, nor will it make our nation more secure.

In an age where elites embrace defunding the police, when homelessness runs rampant, when gangs dominate entire communities, and when radical district attorneys refuse to prosecute violent crime in cities across America, rarely has the Second Amendment been more necessary to secure the rights of our fellow citizens.

The Senator finished by noting that many of the U.S. cities with the strictest gun control laws are some of the most dangerous.

On top of that, Cruz reminded the crowd that the Uvalde shooter passed a background check, and the Democrat solutions wouldn’t have stopped him from doing what he did.

Cruz’s stance is as follows:

This is about a deeply embedded sickness at the core of the country, and that sickness will continue with or without guns. And it’s difficult to disagree when you examine the situation closely.

Key Takeaways:

• Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) delivered a passionate speech at the annual NRA convention.
• He said we shouldn’t give up our rights in response to the Uvalde tragedy, and that “taking guns away from responsible Americans” won’t make us safer.
• Cruz also noted that there are much more troubling problems in our society, which is causing this rise in violence.

Source: The Daily Wire

Ben S. Dutka is a journalist, writer and editor with over two decades of experience. He has worked with three newspapers and eight online publications, and he has also won a Connecticut short story contest entitled Art as Muse, Imaginary Realms. He has a penchant for writing, rowing, reading, video games, and Objectivism.