COLUMBUS — Ohio’s Republican governor says now is the time for “common sense” on gun control, after years of touting his gun ownership rights credentials.
John Kasich says there needs to be leadership on the issue from the White House and in what he calls the “dysfunctional” Congress in the aftermath of the deadly school shooting last week in Parkland, Florida. Ohio Public Radio/TV’s Karen Kasler reported after Kasich’s comments in a Sunday interview on CNN that his political web site’s section called “Defending the Second Amendment” had been removed.
“You’re never going to fix all of this but common sense gun laws make sens,” Kasich said on CNN Sundsay.
As of Monday, the campaign site for the frequent critic of President Donald Trump is headlining his positions as “Common Sense on the Second Amendment.”
In recent years, our country has been devastated by a dramatic increase in school shootings and mass killings – many with the use of semi-automatic weapons. Governor Kasich believes that we should not be afraid to learn from these tragedies and take appropriate action. -from www.johnkasich.com
A strategist for Kasich’s 2016 presidential campaign says his views “have evolved.”