===Ron Ramsey===
Tennessee's Lieutenant Governor
of Tennessee and Speaker of the State Senate
stated on Facebook
stated.: <ref>www.facebook.com/teamronramsey</ref> <blockquote>The recent spike in mass shootings across the nation is truly troubling. Whether the perpetrators are motivated by aggressive secularism, jihadist extremism or racial supremacy, their targets remain the same: Christians and defenders of the West.
While this is not the time for widespread panic, it is a time to prepare. I would encourage my fellow Christians who are serious about their faith to think about getting a handgun carry permit. I have always believed that it is better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it.
Our enemies are armed. We must do likewise.</blockquote>