Exclusive: As President, Ted Cruz Vows to Make It Harder to Purchase Guns — for Criminals

By Leigh Munsil

CHEROKEE, Iowa — On the campaign trail, Republican Iowa frontrunner Ted Cruz consistently gets big cheers for his staple line vowing to undo President Barack Obama’s “unconstitutional” executive actions on guns.

It’ll be one of his first acts in office, the Texas senator says.

But in a quieter moment on his campaign bus this afternoon, Cruz explained that he feels the sting of mass shootings and tragedies, and the severity of the gun violence issue in the United States is not lost on him.

“Of course violence is a problem in America,” Cruz told TheBlaze.

“Following the horrific shooting in Newtown, Ct. — and I would note as the parents of young children, that Heidi and I were utterly horrified at that act of depravity — President Obama had an opportunity to bring Americans together, to work with Republicans and Democrats to target violent criminals, to go after felons and fugitives,” Cruz said. “Instead, unfortunately, President Obama did what he’s done his entire tenure: He focused not on the bad guys, but on law-abiding citizens, on seeking to strip the constitutional protections of law-abiding citizens.

“That’s precisely backwards.”

After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 26, the Obama administration pushed for …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze