“We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”
What PolitiFact found
Broad research, including two studies from 2021, does not provide support for Cruz’s claim that armed law enforcement officers on school grounds are the "most effective tool" for keeping kids safe from mass shootings.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ted Cruz (Senator) made this claim around 24 May 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 May 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Ted Cruz has 24 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 10 of them false or fake, 10 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
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