Sen. Ted Cruz slammed Democrats calling for more gun control laws following a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, and accused them of taking part in “ridiculous theater.”
“Every time there’s a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater, where this committee gets together and proposes a bunch of laws that would do nothing to stop these murders,” Cruz said during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence on Tuesday.
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“What happens in this committee after every mass shooting is Democrats propose taking away guns from law-abiding citizens because that’s their political objective,” Cruz added. “But what they propose, not only does it not reduce crime, it makes it worse.”
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during gun violence hearing:
“Every time there’s a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater … Democrats propose taking away guns from law-abiding citizens … it makes it worse.”pic.twitter.com/yXUHsj6qG0
— The Recount (@therecount) March 23, 2021
Prominent Democrats have been calling for gun control legislation following a shooting at a Colorado supermarket on Monday that left 10 people dead. The shooter, 21-year-old Ahmad al Aliwi Alissa, has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder.
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“It is long past time for those with the power to fight this epidemic of gun violence to do so,” former President Barack Obama said in a statement Tuesday. “It will take time to root out the disaffection, racism and misogyny that fuels so many of these senseless acts of violence. But we can make it harder for those with hate in their hearts to buy weapons of war.”
A once-in-a-century pandemic cannot be the only thing that slows mass shootings in this country. It’s time for leaders everywhere to listen to the American people when they say enough is enough. pic.twitter.com/7MEJ87Is3E
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 23, 2021
President Biden called on Congress to pass a ban on assault weapons like the one used in the Boulder shooting.
“I don’t need to wait another minute, let alone an hour, to take commonsense steps or save the lives in the future and to urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to act,” Biden said during a Tuesday address. “We can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country once again.”
