Sen. Cruz: 2nd Amendment is a 'Fundamental Check on Government Tyranny'

CNSNews ^ | April 15, 2015 | Michael W. Chapman

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Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) explained that the Bill of Rights is not controlled by public opinion polls, that our rights do not come from government but from God Himself, and that the 2nd Amendment exists for self-protection and "as a fundamental check on government tyranny."

"Our country was founded on a radical proposition, which is that our rights don’t come from government, they come from God," said Senator Cruz in a recent interview with Guns.com.

"The entire reason for the 2nd Amendment is not for hunting, it’s not for target shooting," he said. "Those are both wonderful. It’s great to go with your family, your kids, to go hunting, to get to go skeet shooting. But that’s not what the 2nd Amendment is for."

"The 2nd Amendment is there so that you and I can protect our homes and our families and our children and our lives," said Cruz.

"And it’s also there as a fundamental check on government tyranny, and that ultimately is not subject to public opinion polls," he said. "It’s subject to the express protections of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution."

Senator Cruz made his remarks in response to questions from Guns.com Editor Daniel Terrill about public opinion polls on gun rights and gun control.

As Cruz explained, what matters is what the Bill of Rights says, not what a poll says. "It doesn’t matter what might be popular at the moment," he said. "We’ve seen regimes across the face of the Earth come and take away people’s guns, strip away their rights to defend themselves. And sometimes it’s been very popular."

"And yet it is an inevitable prelude to tyranny," said the senator.

The 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

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"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

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[stephenjohnbanker]

And why millions of Americans bought guns after Jan, 2009.

[Ouderkirk]

Ok... That sealed the deal for Cruz. He is the right guy, at the right time who believes the right yhings

[Paine in the Neck]

Correctamundo, Ted. 2A is the Constitution’s Doomsday Provision.

[grobdriver]

The entire reason for the 2nd Amendment is not for hunting, it’s not for target shooting

Those activities are for training and practice; to develop the skills that will be necessary to use 2A for its true purpose.

[faithhopecharity]

Cruz gets what America is all about. Limiting government to essential services to Maximize the individual citizen’s liberties and opportunities in a free society. And Cruz articulates these principle truths well, too. He could well be the modern day Reagan so many people are looking for.

[showme_the_Glory]

so that you and I can protect our homes and our families and our children and our lives

but now you and I have the Police, we can just give up them guns. /S

[BenLurkin]

Somebody please explain that to this dolt.....

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The video clip included with this article is an excerpt of Ted Cruz's answer in the interview.

If you haven't seen it already, I encourage everyone to view the video of the entire confrontational question asked by the reporter and Cruz's complete response (see YouTube link below). It was a masterful job by Cruz.

VIDEO >>> Ted Cruz: The Constitution trumps public opinion

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With the US Senate turning the powers of Treaty Ratification on its' head (Corker issue) for the Iran "Treaty" non-treaty, watch for Obummer to swing into action on the US Small Arms Treaty which he has already signed.

The don't call this the stupid party for nothing.