Watch: Democrat Takes Pepper Spray to the Face to Promote Gun Control in New Ad

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. . .

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 sudsy water in an attempt to remove the substance from his face. “It’s incredibly painful, and now, I just can’t see anything,” Tillemann says, and later adds, “It’s just unbearable. It’s like lava in your eyes.”

He’s then seen spraying his eyes with a water hose while the message on the screen reads, “There are more than 300 million guns in the US.” Tillemann says that part of building a better future for America involves making our schools safe again, and that non-lethal defense tools will save lives. (Read more from “Watch: Democrat Takes Pepper Spray to the Face to Promote Gun Control in New Ad” HERE)

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