Ted Cruz actually said...

"Constitutional rights are designed to be protected not just when they are popular."

"the core of which was to keep an operable firearm in the home for the purpose of self-defense."

"I would urge anyone interested in assessing what the proper standard is for protecting our right to keep and bear arms to watch Ms. Hupp's testimony"

"twice given the opportunity to answer is there any empirical basis for the proposition that strict gun control would reduce violence, twice you have not been able to give an example of that."