'I met with [Sen. Ted Cruz] because we can't fix the problems that face this nation unless we talk with people who disagree with us. ... If we keep living solely in our echo chambers, we will only hear what we ourselves say.' | Alyssa_Milano, CNNOpinion
Alyssa Milano is an actor, activist, producer and host of the podcast,"Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry." She is also a co-chair of Health Care Voter, the founder of #NoRA and Patriot NOT Partisan, and a board member of the ERA Coalition. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. View more opinion on CNN.
Let me start by saying this: I don't want to take away all guns. In fact, I can't think of a politician or gun violence prevention advocate who has suggested repealing the Second Amendment. However, I do believe it should be really, really, hard — if not impossible — for certain people to get their hands on certain guns.
Alyssa MilanoWe have always been a nation that self-corrects and adjusts with our changing population, economy and the wants, needs, and dreams of the American people. The sign of a thriving society is not resting on its norms or being satisfied with how it's always been. It's attempting to always leave something better then how you found it.
Beto O'Rourke: 'Hell yes' we'll take your AR-15 00:46I am not going to pretend I wasn't nervous. I was. I woke up the day of the meeting with a panic attack. The nervousness wasn't because of Cruz, mind you. It was because I could feel the weight of the potential. Maybe, just maybe, Cruz might be a hero in the epidemic his devotion and allegiance to the NRA helped to create. Let me be clear: Cruz and I agree on very little.
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