Texas school shooting: At NRA, Cruz urges ‘single point of entry’ in schools

Sen. Ted Cruz Friday referred to as for considerably elevated safety in schools, together with single entrances, armed guards, and extra, as he railed towards Democrats for pushing gun management after the school capturing in Uvalde, Texas.

Cruz, R-Texas, additionally lamented the “evil” behind the capturing that killed 21 in Robb Elementary School Tuesday as he spoke throughout an handle on the annual National Rifle Association convention in Houston. He additional referred to as for elevated regulation enforcement efforts to prosecute individuals who purchase weapons illegally. 

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“There are best practices at federal buildings and courthouses where for security reasons they limit the means of entry to one entrance,” Cruz mentioned, as he detailed a special school capturing the place a shooter entered a again door. “Schools, likewise, should have a single point of entry.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, listens throughout a Senate Foreign Relations Committee listening to on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool through AP)
(Greg Nash/Pool through AP)

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“Fire exits should only open out. At that single point of entry, we should have multiple armed police officers or, if need be, military veterans trained to provide security and keep our children safe,” Cruz continued. 

Cruz mentioned that laws he beforehand launched with Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, might assist forestall some future shootings by offering funding to safe schools. The invoice additionally would create a federal job pressure to go after individuals who purchase weapons illegally, and it will guarantee all federal felony databases are up to date.

Cruz additionally railed towards adjustments in U.S. tradition, together with violent media and isolation in “virtual life in the absence of community and faith and love” as elementary issues that trigger shootings just like the one in Uvalde. 

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The senator additional attacked Democrats for suggesting extra gun legal guidelines, when some locations in the U.S. which have strict gun legal guidelines have excessive crime. 

People depart the Uvalde Civic Center following a capturing earlier in the day at Robb Elementary School, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
(William Luther/The San Antonio Express-News through AP)

Democrats, in the meantime, counter that point by alleging that many of the weapons that contribute to crime in large cities like Chicago are purchased elsewhere the place there are extra lax gun legal guidelines and brought to cities. 

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Cruz was only one of a number of audio system on the NRA conference, which additionally featured NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott through a recorded handle and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. 

Noem argued that the worth of the Second Amendment is not nearly private protection or looking. She mentioned it is about freedom, and defending residents from the federal government. 

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, speaks on the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
(AP Photo/John Raoux)

“The Second Amendment is about deterrence, it’s about ensuring the government respects the rights and liberty of citizens,” Noem mentioned, earlier than studying the textual content of the Second Amendment. “The founders understood deeply that without an armed citizenry authentic freedom would not and could not survive… They were drawing on their own experience.”

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