Cruz Distances Himself From TX Lt. Governor’s Gun Control Remarks

By Tom Knighton

Sen. Ted Cruz has been a voracious defender of the Second Amendment during these troubled times. While anti-gunners routinely make bizarre claims that remain unchecked by the mainstream media, Cruz continues his defiance as the push to restrict our Second Amendment rights.

In fact, for a while, it seemed most politicians from Texas would do just as much.

However, those days seem to be fading, and with it may go Cruz’s alliances with some of them.

Asked on Thursday if he supported Patrick’s specific measure — which would not affect private sales between friends and families — Cruz compared it to the notion of universal background checks.

“The consistent focus of Democrats in Congress is precisely the proposal that you laid out — it is mandating that all private person-to-person sales have a federal background check,” he said at a breakfast hosted by The Christian Science Monitor. “That’s a mistake.”

Cruz was pressed on the fact that Patrick’s idea would focus only on private gun transactions between strangers — and not all private person-to-person sales. He was asked if that distinction would change his feelings.

The senator demurred.

“Dan Patrick is a good man,” he said, before noting that his focus is on policy …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms