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The mother of a Santa Fe High School shooting victim interrupted Ted Cruz at a rally on Thursday, confronting the senator over gun reform and her slain daughter.

"Don't disrespect my daughter. My daughter died. My daughter died," yelled Rhonda Hart to Cruz at a town hall event in Webster, Texas.

Hart's 14-year-old daughter, Kimberly Vaughan, was one of the 10 people fatally shot in May.

Hart accused Cruz of ignoring her phone calls and sending her a flag "with thoughts and prayers" addressed to her and her ex-husband.

"You still have not introduced common-sense reform," she added.

Cruz denied the accusations, claiming he and his office reached out to Hart on multiple occasions.

"I am more than happy to meet with you at any time," Cruz said as the audience broke into applause.

Cruz then offered his condolences and outlined his plan to prevent mass shootings like Santa Fe.

"The No. 1 thing that makes schools safer is having more armed police officers on campus," Cruz said.

"The No. 1 thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," he said to cheers.

Cruz went on to lament the fact that a 2013 gun control bill he co-sponsored, which strengthened punishment for people who lied about their criminal histories to buy firearms and also increased funding for school safety, was filibustered by Democrats. He said it could have prevented recent mass shootings if it had passed.

After discussing more would-be policies from the failed bill, Cruz summarized his thoughts.

"What works is focusing on felons, fugitives and bad guys and stopping the criminals," Cruz said. "Not the political objective of trying to undermine the rights of law-abiding citizens."

After the rally, Hart told ABC 13 that she came to the campaign event to confront Cruz.

"I wanted to be able to call him out," she said. "His inaction regarding the children of Santa Fe. Children died under his watch, and he accepts money from the [National Rifle Association.] There is still not any sort of common-sense reform."