Watch: Democrat takes pepper spray to the face to promote gun control in new ad

By Breck Dumas

As the underdog in Colorado’s upcoming Democratic 6th District House primary on June 26, former Obama administration official Levi Tillemann has launched a campaign ad aimed at grabbing people’s attention. But the attention he’s receiving may not be the kind he was hoping for.

In the ad entitled “This Will Save Lives,” Tillemann volunteers to take a blast of pepper spray to his own face, while making the case to arm every school classroom in America with a can of pepper spray to stop school shooters.

Wait, what?

After criticizing President Trump’s endorsement of the idea to arm school officials and teachers to help defend against threats, Tillemann says in the ad:

“I’m calling on Congress to stop talking past each other and try something new. Empower schools and teachers with non-lethal self-defense tools, like this can of pepper spray.”

Tillemann then explains how powerful pepper spray is and why it would be less of a risk to keep in classrooms than a gun. “Trust me, this will stop anyone in their tracks,” says Tillemann, before being liberally sprayed in the face with pepper spray.

The next scene shows Tillemann saying “Wow, that’s intense,” before dunking his head in a tub of …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze