Ted Cruz actually said...

"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."

"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"

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

"Heller actually went further than that and enumerated some specific examples: namely, a ban on felons possession firearms Heller said was permissible under the Second Amendment."