Posted on 12/04/2015 6:48:00 AM PST by VinL
At Crossroads Shooting Sports in Johnstown, IA, a used paper target is pinned to the wall with Ted Cruz's signature on it and a note that says "The fight for Liberty never ends!"
Cruz visited the gun range back in June, just three days after the Charleston church shooting. On Friday afternoon, the Senator returns to the same Iowa gun range for a "2nd Amendment" campaign event days after another mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.
"He'll absolutely make note of what happened. But, he is not going to back down or try to glaze over the importance of standing for our 2nd Amendment rights," Catherine Frazier, Cruz’s National Press Secretary, told ABC News. "It's an appropriate conversation to have in the wake of this shooting with liberals coming right out of the gate calling for more gun control and policies that would dilute our 2nd Amendment rights."
At the Iowa campaign event, in a state where the Texas Senator has seen momentum as of late .. in a dead heat with Donald Trump in last week’s Quinnipiac University poll , Cruz will unveil his "2nd Amendment coalition."
The coalition is made up of over 24,000 members from across the country, one thousand of whom live in the four early primary states. According to Frazier, the members of this coalition will be actively working to get Cruz elected.
A staunch defender of the 2nd Amendment, Cruz told supporters at his presidential announcement back in March to "imagine a federal government that protects the right to keep and bear arms of all law-abiding Americans."
Yesterday's horrific murder in the wake of Paris underscores we're at a time of war whether or not the current Admin realizes it #RJCForum
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 3, 2015
At the Republican Jewish Coalition Presidential Forum on Thursday, Cruz reacted to the San Bernardino shooting that left 14 dead by sending his prayers to the families of those who were killed and injured. "All of us are deeply concerned that this is yet another manifestation of terrorism, radical terrorism here at home. Coming on the wake of the terror attack in Paris, this horrific murder underscores that we are at a time of war," Cruz told the audience at the District of Columbia event.
Iowa Republican strategist Craig Robinson says Cruz holding a campaign event at a gun range days after another mass shooting does pose a risk, but could be an opportunity for him to take a serious approach to the tragedy and look presidential.
"Instead of throwing pro-gun stuff around to rally the base, saying what they want to hear, this is a time for him to be very thoughtful," Robinson, who also serves as the editor of the blog The Iowa Republican, told ABC.
Robinson says he's very interested to see what Cruz chooses to do at this moment and whether he can be the right person to shape the Republican response.
“It has the potential to send a bad image. There’s no doubt about that. But, there’s also the potential to send a good image,†said Robinson.
Cruz is not expected to shoot guns at the range like he did back in June, but will give a speech and greet supporters, among whom will be members of his newly formed coalition.
He didn't-
Gun control requires a firm steady grip.
I don’t understand why the gun confiscating “Democrats” just don’t ban mass shootings and make THEM illegal. Maybe ban bombs too.
They should have had the meeting in front of a Mosque.
Now that would be good.
He didn't-"
I'm loving watching the left coming to grips (or not) with the fact that we have a candidate who absolutely refuses to be intimidated, and does so in a cool, collected manner.
It's not about guns. It's about control.
It's not about disarming criminals. It's about disarming you.
It's not about safety. It's about tyranny.
The issue is never the issue. The issue is always The Revolution.
To run on a national expansion of the Dick Act would be a sure way to get elected. Federal law with the Constitution as the foundation can neutralize all the states laws that limit magazines and types of guns. A nationalized concealed carry system under the 14th amendment (whats legal in one state must be legal in all states) should be another one of those expansion articles.
A REQUIREMENT that every active duty be concealed carry permitted and REQUIRED to carry while aboard land bases AS A MINIMUM is another. Active duty, in this time of war, should be strongly encouraged, if not required, to always carry to assist in the protection of the public.
>> Gun control requires a firm steady grip.
Exactly.
I think the time has come to take the “gun control” meme away from the left, by reframing it thusly:
“A well controlled gun in the hands of a law abiding citizen is our first line of defense against criminals and terrorists.”
Hey COA, yes, he’s really fun to watch.
Enemies foreign and domestic.
“It has the potential to send a bad image. There’s no doubt about that. But, there’s also the potential to send a good image,†said Robinson.
This underscores why Republicans lose national elections: they listen to idiot strategists who are worried about images without taking stock of who shapes those images. If a shooting event creates a bad image, it’s because the enemies of liberty (the left and the media) have equated terrorists in California to good people in Iowa just because both have guns. Any one who accepts that premise has already lost. What a strategist (who isn’t an idiot) would say, “The terrorist attack in California shows the need for good people to be armed and trained. It also shows why the Left’s desire to disarm us should cause us to suspect their motives.”
Nationalize gun control and you run the risk of national violation of the 2A by treaty.
A nationalized concealed carry system under the 14th amendment (whats legal in one state must be legal in all states) should be another one of those expansion articles.
This is a complete misunderstanding of how the 14th Amendment has been applied, which has been by an Orwellian process known as "selective incorporation."
NATIONAL RIGHT TO CARRY. The right of self-defense doesn’t stop at the end of your driveway. That’s why I have a concealed carry permit and why tens of millions of Americans do too. That permit should be valid in all 50 states. A driver’s license works in every state, so it’s common sense that a concealed carry permit should work in every state. If we can do that for driving - which is a privilege, not a right - then surely we can do that for concealed carry, which is a right, not a privilege.
MILITARY BASES AND RECRUITING CENTERS. Banning our military from carrying firearms on bases and at recruiting centers is ridiculous. We train our military how to safely and responsibly use firearms, but our current policies leave them defenseless. To make America great again, we need a strong military. To have a strong military, we need to allow them to defend themselves.
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/second-amendment-rights
LMAO!
He sure is. It’s shaping up to be a fun election season. ;)
Excellent summary.
“...2nd Amendment coalition...”
I’m in.
Molon Labe.
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