Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) seemingly accused her Republican colleague Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) of lending guns to “domestic abusers” and “criminals” after he noted that universal background checks could prevent law-abiding citizens from using firearms to defend themselves.
Crenshaw shared a story on his Twitter on Sept. 3 about a Texas woman who used a handgun to protect herself from five men who attempted to rob her purse. In his post, he wrote: “Situations like this story are why we protect the 2nd Amendment,” while also noting that “with universal background checks, I wouldn’t be able to let my friends borrow my handgun when they travel alone like this. We would make felons out of people just for defending themselves.”
