Sen. Ted Cruz responded to actress Alyssa Milano after the actress asked if there was any Bible passage supporting the second amendment.
"An excellent Q, worth considering carefully w/o the snark of Twitter. It is of course not the right to a modern-day firearm that is God-give but rather the right to Life & the right to Liberty," the Texas Republican said Sunday on Twitter. "Essential to that right to life is the right to DEFEND your life & your family. The right to self-defense is recognized repeatedly in the Bible, eg Exodus 22:2: “If a thief is caught breaking in at night & is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed.” (Note, though, verse 3 says it IS murder if during daylight (ie, not self-defense)."
Milano, 46, asked on Twitter, in the wake of the Midland and Odessa, Texas shooting, whether someone could cite a passage in the Bible that upheld second amendment rights.
"Can someone cite which passage of the Bible God states it is a god-given right to own a gun?" Milano said Sunday.
The liberal activist asked the question after Rep. Matt Schaefer asserted, "I am NOT going to use the evil acts of a handful of people to diminish the God-given rights of my fellow Texans. Period. None of these so-called gun-control solutions will work to stop a person with evil intent."
Milano responded to Cruz Monday saying she would "love" to meet with him and talk about the gun issues next week.
In 2017, Cruz and Milano got in another Twitter spat in which the actress said she was giving a group hug to everyone but the Texas senator. It ended with her inviting Cruz to talk about politics with him in person.
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