Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly start Ohio-based gun control group

By Chris Eger

Capt. Mark Kelly was on hand at the Columbus Metropolitan Club on Wednesday with the avowed purpose to bring Ohio community leaders together to address gun violence in the state. (Photo: Americans for Responsible Solutions)
A former Arizona lawmaker and her astronaut husband behind Americans for Responsible Solutions this week founded the group’s eighth state-based franchise since 2015.
Mark Kelly debuted the Ohio Coalition for Common Sense at the Columbus Metropolitan Club on Wednesday with the avowed purpose to bring community leaders together to address gun violence in the state.
“We are here to say one simple thing: ‘Enough.’ We are here to say it’s time for our leaders to do more to address the gun violence crisis that is tearing our communities apart and that makes our country and Ohio stand out in the worst of ways,” said Kelly, as reported by the Dayton Daily News.
Similar coalitions have been announced in Arizona, Delaware, Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon, New Hampshire and Virginia in the last two years, five with the same “common sense” moniker.
The gun safety advocates argue each state has loopholes in its gun laws that need to be addressed, prompting the need for the local group to push for expanded background checks, increased

Source: Guns.com