Ted Cruz's response. What a moron. So "from past experience" armed law enforcement is the solution. I'm sure then he has the stats on hand to show how many people entered a school with a weapon and were either killed onsite or arrested before firing a shot? I've never seen this, I'm guessing because it doesn't exist. There are something like 135,000 schools in the US. 1 armed guard would cost maybe $30-40k per year, so the solution of the republicans is to spend between $4bn and $5.5bn to arm schools (of which as I mentioned if shooters knew there was an armed guard, you'd probably kill them 1st, then do what you came to do, so how many do you need per school, 2, 3, 4, 5? who knows) rather than acknowledge that they need to restrict gun supply and address mental health.
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz described the Uvalde shooting as "truly horrific", but said gun reforms were not the way to prevent such crimes.
Speaking to reporters, he said that restricting the rights of "law-abiding citizens... doesn't work. It's not effective. It doesn't prevent crime."
He said "going after felons" is what prevents such crimes and he criticised other politicians for trying to "advance their own political agenda" by calling for gun control.
He added that from past experience, armed law enforcement on campus is the most effective way of keeping children safe.
"We don't know the details of what happened at Robb Elementary School, but there will be a lot of time to examine what steps could have been taken proactively to enhance the safety and security of the school right now," he said."