U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz Statement on Sen. Feinstein’s Assault Weapons Ban of 2013

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U.S. SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX)

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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz Statement on Sen. Feinstein’s Assault Weapons Ban of 2013

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) today issued the following statement regarding Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) Assault Weapons Ban of 2013:

Washington politicians shouldn’t be taking advantage of recent tragedy to try to push an aggressive gun control agenda. Real assault weapons—machine guns—are already functionally illegal, and they have been since 1934. This proposal would have done nothing to prevent the terrible murders in Newtown, but it would limit the constitutional liberties of law-abiding citizens. And gun control doesn’t work – the empirical data overwhelmingly demonstrate that strict gun-control laws consistently produce more crime and more murders.

The Second Amendment exists to ensure that law-abiding Americans can protect their homes and families, and I look forward to helping lead the fight to defeat this bill and to protect our constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

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"I don't think the federal government has any business of having a list of law-abiding citizens who choose to their right to keep and bear arms," he said.

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