Ted Cruz defends Second Amendment, blasts 'enormous hypocrisy' of Hollywood liberals on gun control

Sen. Ted Cruz was asked by a TMZ reporter in Washington, D.C., last week if Hollywood, while touting overwhelming opposition to the Second Amendment, shares blame for gun violence due to its influence in American culture.

And the Republican from Texas shot straight from the hip.

I don't think this is one too many movies with cowboys and Indians or [Arnold] Schwarzenegger, Quentin Tarantino, or what have you. I don't think that's the cause. Evil has always been with us. Now Hollywood does glorify violence, and I’ve got to say I wish we had a little bit less of that. But the truth of the matter is when Hollywood celebrities engage on issues like this, they’re almost inevitably reflecting enormous hypocrisy. Because a lot of these movie stars, they have armed security traveling with them, so they’re perfectly happy to say, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. My armed security, he can keep me safe, but don’t let a law-abiding citizen." The Second Amendment is about a single mom living in a tough neighborhood with a crack house down the street being able to defend herself and defend her kids.

Cruz then brought up Stephen Willeford, who used his own gun to stop the shooter behind the tragic massacre at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in November.

"It was the Second Amendment that saved a lot of lives that day," Cruz said of Willeford's actions. "Law enforcement lives and innocent men, women and children. The Second Amendment is about people protecting themselves."

Cruz then offered a biting commentary on left-wingers from Tinseltown and their affections for the environment.

"Hollywood liberals on gun control is akin to Hollywood liberals on global warming," Cruz said. "Which is they fly their private jets to a conference, step out and say, 'Global warming is terrible. Let's take away everything from the working men and women.' And then they get back on their private jet and fly back. Same thing on gun control. If you have a bevy of armed security officers protecting you, maybe you shouldn't be trying to strip Second Amendment rights from law-abiding citizens."

(H/T: Louder With Crowder)