Ted Cruz was met with a booing audience when he said his plan to stop school shootings is putting more police in schools.
Cruz commented on gun control efforts and the Uvalde school shooting at the Texas Tribune Festival.
A responsive audience jeered at Cruz at some points, demanding age restrictions on assault weapons.
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Sen. Ted Cruz was met with boos from a Texas audience when he said that his plan to combat school shootings is placing more police officers in schools.
Cruz spoke about guns and other contentious topics at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Saturday, where he was met with a responsive audience.
Cruz argued that gun control measures punish "law-abiding citizens" instead of criminals, though the audience seemed to disagree with him at some points. »