Ted Cruz Shoots The Left’s Favorite Gun Control Talking Point Full Of Holes With Facts [VIDEO]

Ted Cruz Shoots The Left’s Favorite Gun Control Talking Point Full Of Holes With Facts [VIDEO]

Red Voice Media Published May 31, 2022

News and Commentary
Those pesky facts always getting in the way of their narratives...

By Zach Heilman
May 31, 2022

Parents and residents of Uvalde, Texas are still trying to cope with the rage and pain that appeared to flood the area when an 18-year-old killed 19 children and two adults at the Robb Elementary School. On top of the numerous reports circulating about the reaction time of the local law enforcement and parents being pinned to the ground as they tried to protect their children, in Washington D.C., the mass shooting has become nothing more than a platform to score some political points.

Democrat Beto O’Rourke used the moment to confront Texas Governor Greg Abbott while he was addressing residents, parents, and first responders. Not only that, Senator Ted Cruz also found himself being confronted over the idea of banning certain assault rifles.

Speaking on his podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz, the Republican Senator recalled the incident and how some believe that America is the mass shooting capital of the world. In the video below, he said, “The premise of his question is factually false. And I actually, Newsweek just published something which I’ll point out. I’m quoting from Newsweek, that says, ‘since 1988, there have been a total of nine attacks similar to the Robb Elementary School shooting.’ Nine is nine too many. But once you adjust for population, there are many other countries from Germany to Russia to Finland that have comparable rates of school shootings, and in fact, it goes in and it breaks down. According to a Crime Prevention Research Center report from 2020. And this is a quote, ‘the US is well below the world average in terms of the number of mass public shootings, and the global increase over time has been much bigger than for the United States.’”

Breaking down the numbers even more, Cruz added, “The US makes up less than 1.13% of the mass public shooters, 1.77% of the murders, and 2.19% of their attacks. All of these are much less than the United States which has a 4.6% share of world population. And it goes on to say again, this is a quote, ‘out of the 101 countries where we have identified mass public shootings occurring, the United States ranks 66 in per capita frequency of these attacks, and 56 in the murder rate.’”

As for the narrative coming from the White House and Democratic Party that the GOP loves guns over children, the Republican noted, “Most people at home don’t know that there are laws we could pass that would stop felons and fugitives from illegally buying guns and put them in jail. But the Democrats are blocking it. Most people don’t know that. Most people don’t know that the Democrats have been blocking more funding for school safety for years.”