{"id":1494611,"date":"2022-05-27T12:16:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494611"},"modified":"2022-05-27T12:16:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:16:55","slug":"is-a-fight-brewing-between-texas-senators-over-stricter-gun-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-a-fight-brewing-between-texas-senators-over-stricter-gun-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Is A Fight Brewing Between Texas Senators Over Stricter Gun Laws?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fis-a-fight-brewing-between-texas-senators-over-stricter-gun-laws%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494611&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn are divided on whether new gun restrictions should be considered after Wednesday\u2019s mass shooting killed 19 children and two teachers in the state, The Texas Tribune reported Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz told reporters in the hours following the Uvalde High School <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/24\/uvalde-consolidated-independent-school-district-texas-elementary-active-shooter-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shooting<\/a> that passing new limitations on guns was off the table because \u201cit doesn\u2019t work. It\u2019s not effective. It doesn\u2019t prevent crime,\u201d the Tribune <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/05\/26\/ted-cruz-john-cornyn-gun-legislation-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. The former presidential candidate has instead lamented how there is not enough funding to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/25\/police-border-patrol-officers-shot-stop-gunman-school-uvalde-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">keep schools secure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf those federal grants had gone to this school when that psychopath arrived, the armed police officers could have taken him out,\u201d Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XPRj-ZQFp0Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> Fox News in regards to the School Security Enhancement Act.<\/p>\n<p>Cornyn, on the other hand, has been quietly working behind the scenes in an effort to get some sort of bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/25\/lawmakers-uvalde-school-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gun legislation passed<\/a>, the Tribune reported. In the past, the senator has worked to pass small gun-related measures in the aftermath of mass shootings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met with Sen. Cornyn this morning,\u201d Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/05\/26\/politics\/mcconnell-cornyn-democrats-bipartisan-effort-gun-violence\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> CNN. \u201cI have encouraged him to talk with Sen. [Chris] Murphy and Sen. [Kyrsten] Sinema and others who are interested in trying to get an outcome that is directly related to the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7438635\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7438635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) attend a press conference at Uvalde High School on May 25, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. (Photo by Jordan Vonderhaar\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am hopeful that we could come up with a bipartisan solution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cornyn, who has an A+ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrapvf.org\/campaigns\/2014\/vote-cornyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rating<\/a> from the National Rifle Association, said on the Senate floor Thursday he will wait until the investigation over the Uvalde shooting concludes to determine what type of solutions are needed, the Tribune reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce it does, I\u2019m eager to see whether there were any gaps that might have done something to make this attack less likely, that might have even prevented this attack from taking place,\u201d Cornyn said. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/25\/ruben-gallego-kyrsten-sinema-texas-school-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Please Just Stop\u2019: Potential 2024 Candidate Tears Into Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Over Texas Shooting Remarks)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both Texas senators initially intended to make an appearance at the NRA annual convention in Houston on Friday, but Cornyn\u2019s team announced he would no longer attend due to \u201can unexpected change in his schedule,\u201d the Tribune reported.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday morning, Cruz appeared to be the only top Texas Republican still going to the convention in the wake of the shooting, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickSvitek\/status\/1530183140165173249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Tribune\u2019s Patrick Svitek.<\/p>\n<p>The offices of Cruz and Cornyn did not immediately respond to The Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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