Ted Cruz, Alyssa Milano trade barbs on Bible, 'God-given' gun rights

Fox News ^ | 9/2/19 3 hrs ago | Caleb Parke

[conservative98]

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took actress and liberal activist Alyssa Milano to task over her faith-based question about the Bible and the Second Amendment.

On Sunday, Milano responded to Republican Texas state Rep. Matt Schaefer's tweet that he was "NOT going to use the evil acts of a handful of people to diminish the God-given rights of my fellow Texans. Period. None of these so-called gun-control solutions will work to stop a person with evil intent" following a shooting rampage in Odessa that killed seven and injured at least 22.

"Can someone cite which passage of the Bible God states it is a god-given right to own a gun?" Milano asked in a tweet, accusing the Texas politician of being "unbelievable and clearly owned by the gun lobby."

Cruz responded, telling the anti-gun activist, it was an "excellent" question, "worth considering [without] the snark of Twitter," before citing a few examples from the Bible.

[conservative98]

I am NOT going to use the evil acts of a handful of people to diminish the God-given rights of my fellow Texans. Period. None of these so-called gun-control solutions will work to stop a person with evil intent. 2/6— Matt Schaefer (@RepMattSchaefer) September 1, 2019

Can someone cite which passage of the Bible God states it is a god-given right to own a gun? This guy is unbelievable and is clearly owned by the gun lobby. #NoRA https://t.co/PxVV1RoV2Z— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) September 1, 2019

[conservative98]

An excellent Q, worth considering carefully w/o the snark of Twitter. It is of course not the right to a modern-day firearm that is God-give but rather the right to Life & the right to Liberty. Essential to that right to life is the right to DEFEND your life & your family. 1/x https://t.co/8pjstMGrGB— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 1, 2019

2/x The right to self-defense is recognized repeatedly in the Bible, eg Exodus 22:2: “If a thief is caught breaking in at night & is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed.” (Note, though, verse 3 says it IS murder if during daylight (ie, not self-defense).— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 1, 2019

[crusty old prospector]

How about beating your plow shears into swords?

[crusty old prospector]

What about your God-given rights to flash your hooters all over the place everyone to see?

[Lurkinanloomin]

They’re fake.

[seowulf]

When the Romans went to arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemene, Peter pulled out his sword and cut off a Roman solder’s servant’s ear.

Jesus told Peter to put his sword away, not throw it away.

So, we know the apostles were armed and we know Jesus didn’t tell them to disarm.

[crusty old prospector]

“They’re real and they’re spectacular!”

[sauropod]

Is that a serious question?

[monkeyshine]

Idiot. We are endowed by our Creator with inalienable rights including the right to life and liberty. Nobody gets to take those right away arbitrarily if at all.

[a fool in paradise]

>>”Can someone cite which passage of the Bible God states it is a god-given right to own a gun?”

God given inalienable rights. Endowed by our Creator. It’s in our declaration of independence an codified in the Bill of Rights.

Can she point to where the Constitution protects the right to kill a baby?

[Crucial]

Any politician with an ounce of sense would pay no attention to Alyssa Milano.

[backwoods-engineer]

We are at a point where we need to stop arguing with idiots like this. They will NEVER agree that we have a God-given right to self-defense, and the right to keep and bear arms to be able to accomplish that. NEVER. So, it will come to blows. And soon.

[Hildy]

I disagree. We MUST beat them at their own game. Because he replied to her it was picked up and retweeted and now reported on and it sure made her, and all the people who believe like her, look stupid. That’s EXACTLY what we need to do. Just ignoring them makes it grow. Again, we are in a war here. We have to act like it.

[DoughtyOne]

Plus, good old Ted can remind Melissa he didn’t want Trump either. He can remind her Levin didn’t want him.

Hell, here were many who didn’t want Trump.

Never mind Hillary would have implemented everything Ted says he doesn’t want.

It’s was a very tough months long choice for Ted.

Fraud!

[crusty old prospector]

Which one?

[DoughtyOne]

Caught that too did you? LOL...

Yep, she has now been raised to the level of debating with a member of the U. S. Senate. All good... /s

[BenLurkin]

She wishes those were brains.

[conservative98]

She and AOC are actually the leaders of the Democrat party. Believe it or not.

[mountainlion]

Even if you do not believe in God our founding documents make God the authority to our laws. I read that there were 44 Biblical principles in the Constitution.