. >> when george dubya bush got into office, bill clinton went after gun rights and george w. bush got in there and nothing happened. what are you going to do about not only a second amendment, but also the first amendment? that might be exaggerated, but what are you going to do to lock the constitution and so people are going -- or people going to say shut up and don't even bother? [applause] senator cruz: thank you, sir, for that question. i've spent most of my adult life fighting to defend the constitution and the bill of rights. it has been a passion since i was a teenager. when i was 13 or 14 years old, and high school, i got involved in a group called the free enterprise institution in houston, where we studied the constitution and memorized a shortened version of the constitution. i was kind of a weird kid. [laughter] one of the things that we are frustrated about, is we are frustrated with politicians who do not do what they say. you have an army of what i call campaign conservatives. they sound great on the trail but they do not walk the walk. example.s as an every po

when george dubya bush got into office, bill clinton went after gun rights and george w. bush got in there and nothing happened. what are you going to do about not only a second amendment, but also the first amendment? that might be exaggerated, but what are you going to do to lock the constitution and so people or people going to say shut up and don't even bother? [applause] thank you, sir, when a question. i've spent most of my adult life fighting to defend the constitution and the bill of rights. when i was 13 -- 14 years old, i got involved in a group called free enterprise group in houston. i toured the state of texas speaking about the constitution. i want to stand up to fight and defend free-market is in the constitution. i was kind of weird kid. i used to use this as an example. every political candidate if you go to their website they always have an issue on the second amendment, there is a right to their in a republican primary. in texas or in iowa which is i support the second amendment. must you are clinically insane, that is the right answer. now i like to poi

when george dubya bush got into office, bill clinton went after gun rights and george w. bush got in there and nothing happened. what are you going to do about not only a second amendment, but also the first amendment? that might be exaggerated, but what are you going to do to lock the constitution and so people or people going to say shut up and don't even bother? [applause] thank you, sir, when a question. i've spent most of my adult life fighting to defend the constitution and the bill of rights. when i was 13 -- 14 years old, i got involved in a group called free enterprise group in houston. i toured the state of texas speaking about the constitution. i want to stand up to fight and defend free-market is in the constitution. i was kind of weird kid. i used to use this as an example. every political candidate if you go to their website, they have an issues page. a series of issues. just about every republican candidate says almost word for word, the exact same thing. on the second amendment, there is a right to their in a republican primary. in texas or in iowa which is