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Ted Cruz: “The left is not hiding that their objective. They want to…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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But when you open up your property, when you have a store or a gas station or whatever, and you're inviting people into your property, the effect of that would turn law abiding citizens into criminals. And that's because, listen, The left is not hiding that their objective. They want to erase the second amendment from the Constitution. They want to ban the private ownership of firearms. And Hawaii was taking a significant step in that direction by making it extremely difficult for people to carry a firearm and be able to defend themselves. (23:32–23:41)

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