The lobbying arm of the National Rifle Association began airing ads in Alabama on Tuesday with the intention of persuading Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., to vote to confirm U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

The ad, which is scheduled to run for two weeks, portrays Kavanaugh as the potential decisive vote on gun rights issues facing the court.

"Your right to self-defense depends on this vote," the ad's narrator tells Alabamians. "Tell Sen. Jones, defend our right to self-defense."

Jones, one of a handful of Democratic senators in red states that have face pressure from right-leaning groups over the Supreme Court pick, has said that he would weigh the totality of Kavanaugh's record before making a decision.

At a town hall meeting late last month in Hoover, Jones said that he lamented that Supreme Court confirmation battles have turned political in recent years, adding that he would not succumb to pressure from conservatives.

"We're looking at that objectively," Jones said, pointing out that he has requested all the relevant documents on Kavanuagh's record. "It doesn't matter how many TV ads run and who runs them."