To my mind, that data suggests that allowing law-abiding citizens to arm themselves, and in particular protecting the right of women to protect themselves, is an important safeguard against violent offenses.
Cruz argues that gun ownership protects citizens, especially women, from violent crime.
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They will silence us, they will use this power, and they will use it ruthlessly. And that is dangerous.
We will certainly engage in oversight of all the agencies within the committee’s jurisdiction.
I have a lot of confidence in the members on both sides of the aisle who are working hard to ensure that this stays a top priority, but I think anytime, obviously, the government is shut down, we know that infrastructure projects are…
if the government gets in the business of saying, ‘We don’t like what you the media have said, we’re going to ban you from the airwaves if you don’t say what we like,’ that will end up bad for conservatives
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