At the time the constitution was adopted, America was recovering from the war of independence. Memories of syphilitic Brits running the country were still fresh in mind, so the second amendment was drawn up in order to insure an armed populace. The founders wanted to make sure the citizens had the freedom to arm themselves in such a way to fight off any future invaders.

Traitors like Feinstein have done what they can to reduce our firepower, but we remain armed. Good thing, too. Our enemies are not so much foreign as domestic now, and you old codgers have avoided being rendered into soap by the prison-industrial complex only because of the sheer number of weapons in the U.S.

Ted Cruz made a simple point: If you can violate the constitution and disarm, then you can violate the constitution and ban books. Feinstein was caught offguard because she never considers the constitution unless she's trying to circumvent it. She knew she was on camera and had to make SOME kind of appeal, so she appealed to your emotions rather than your common sense.

We have a constitution. Cruz pointed out that we need to follow it. Feinstein pointed out that she was a mayor.