Have his views really changed, or is he just trying to say what he thinks people want to hear?
How does he get from wanting to ban assault weapons to thinking they are needed to defend against government in a matter of a couple weeks?
I’ve been around long enough to know that isn’t how it works in real life, a 180 deg change doesn’t happen that fast.
Actually, I sort of expected Dr. Carson's to evolve, and not so much from a desire to become politically-viable as from knowing whence he came (a huge, successful, university hospital system known for its excellence).
He has a long-running experience of large, bureaucratic, planned-out organizations that manage to attempt and succeed at great things on a daily basis. I'm sure that he had the technocrat’s optimism, initially, that all men are of good will, and if one merely does what one needs to “fix the system” through the application of technology and the science of management, all will be well.
I believe that it is likely that reality is disabusing him of this notion. Not all men are of good will, especially among those who wish to rule us in government. Not all men are intelligent enough to actually create, develop, or adjust large systems to make them work correctly. Especially in government (see: healthcare.gov). Because he actually is as smart as they say he is, he's become a quick learner.
Anyway, that's my story, and I'm stickin’ to it. ;-)
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