The attacks on Christians and western values are providing a moment of clarity for Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey.

While cautioning against “widespread panic,” Ramsey instead is urging Christians to “prepare.”

He posted on Facebook Friday morning:

As I scroll through the news this morning I am saddened to read the details of the horrible tragedy in Oregon. My heart goes out to the citizens of Roseburg — especially the families and loved ones of those murdered.

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.

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Ramsey’s suggestion was immediately attacked by the Left.

Salon dismissed it as a symptom of “the Kim Davis complex.”

Conservatives have scrambled to connect nearly every recent event to a larger trend of Christian persecution. Now obviously, terror groups like ISIS have singled out Christians for persecution in places like Iraq and Libya but somehow America’s religious right has inserted themselves into the mix to paint themselves as victims of a broader attack against the faith.

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There are reports that the 28-year-old man who opened fire at Umpqua Community College on Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding seven more, asked the victims if they were Christians before shooting those who affirmatively answered in the head and shooting those who said no or denied to respond in the leg.

Salon did nothing to try to debunk those reports and instead, ridiculed an elected official offering solutions.