Ted Cruz Quotes

Arguments premised upon the Federal 2nd Amendment ... have never prevented regulation of firearms.

I'm proud to be among a bipartisan group of state attorneys general who consistently advocate against government infringement of Americans' Second Amendment rights.

We don't want to repeal the Second Amendment.

Legal gun ownership always prevails over the emotionalism of the gun control movement.

Cross the wrong state border with your gun, or wake up one morning to new legislation or a new presidential executive order, and suddenly you're the bad guy, not the good guy. No wonder some gun owners seem so touchy; they feel, at some level, like criminals in waiting.

The 2nd Amendment of the Constitution was not meant to make efficient killing machines out of drug dealers and other criminals.

The enemies of freedom are waging an all-out assault on the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which we have sworn to protect and defend.

Obama means to erase the Second Amendment by any means possible.

We wouldn't take a gun away from a law-abiding citizen. We wouldn't take a gun away from anyone.

In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights.

If you're too dangerous to buy an airplane ticket, you're too dangerous to buy an assault weapon. And, when we talk about the Second Amendment - I support the Second Amendment - but the Second Amendment was created and designed to prevent tyranny and not to encourage terror.

I will continue fighting to protect our Second Amendment rights.

I want to protect our constitutional right to bear arms in a legal and thoughtful way with background checks that also don't want people to get shot and murdered, but it doesn't mean that you can't own a gun.

I strongly support the Second Amendment and I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved - which means no gun control.

Hillary Clinton wants to abolish - essentially abolish - the Second Amendment.

I support gun safety measures, and I'll tell you, I grew up in a family of gun owners and hunters, and I went hunting with my dad as a kid, and you know, I have deep respect for the Second Amendment and the culture of our country.

I'm a defender of the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.

What I don't want to do is restrict law-abiding citizens from their Second Amendment rights, which are focused on freedom. I point out all the time. Remember, bad guys aren't stupid, they're just bad.

Americans have the right to choose to be unarmed and helpless. Be my guest.

We woke up one day, and all the sudden Starbucks was in the middle of this political crossfire between the people who want to bring a gun into Starbucks and the people who want to prevent it. It is a very difficult, fragile situation.

I'm a big supporter of the Second Amendment. But I think I have a First Amendment right not to be shot.

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property.

The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.