.tedcruz calls on Senate to support alternative gun bill 'targeting criminals' not civilians
from law-abiding citizens, to try to go after the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens," Cruz said, as the pending legislation provides grant money to states as encouragement to pass red-flag laws."Those red-flag laws provide an opportunity to disarm law-abiding citizens in many states with a very low standard of proof, with little to no due process protections.
"It's focused on funding prosecutors that if you commit a violent crime with a gun, you're going to be prosecuted by the Department of Justice and sent to federal prison. If you try to illegally buy a gun, if you're a felon or fugitive, if you try to legally buy a gun, you're going to be prosecuted and sent to federal prison," he said. "This bill provides $36 billion for funding over ten years for police officers, armed police officers in schools.
Adjudicating mental fitness in this way is much more constructive than red-flag provisions, he said, adding that his bill doesn't"infringe on the Second Amendment" as he suggested the former does.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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