Would you like to know WHY DeWine changed his tune? I’ll tell you, because I was there.
He had lost his Senate seat to Sherrod Brown. Now, he was interested in running for Attorney General. He did not understand why the pro gun folks were so vehemently opposed to him.
A couple other activists and I were asked to meet with him in Butler County. So, we did. It was about an hour and a half.
The long and short of it was this: he had always voted in the Senate the way the Chiefs of Police association asked him to.
Little did he know, the pro gun activists at the table (5 of us) counted THREE cops. I was in my rookie or 2nd year, there was a Chief from a suburban town, and a retired medium sized agency Captain.
DeWine literally didn’t understand that the Chiefs of Police Association did not speak for Ohio cops. He changed his tune that day. He said that as Attorney General, he would consider the people of Ohio to be his clients, and his clients very clearly wanted better gun laws.
Ever since that day he has been a rock steady friend to gun owners and is in regular communication with pro gun organizations and activists.