Heller running for House of Reps!

[Tater]

Plaintiff In D.C. Gun Ban Case To Run For U.S. House Seat

POSTED: 4:02 pm EDT July 17, 2008
UPDATED: 4:37 pm EDT July 17, 2008


WASHINGTON -- Dick Heller, the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that overturned Washington's strict 32-year-old handgun ban, announced his candidacy on Thursday for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Heller, 66, is seeking the seat currently held by Eleanor Holmes Norton. He is gathering signatures to run on the ballot as a libertarian candidate.

Heller, an armed security guard, sued the District after it rejected his application to keep a handgun at his home for protection in the same Capitol Hill neighborhood as the court.

"Mr. Heller's challenge to Ms. Norton is welcomed in the spirit of debate, and as his campaign unfolds we look forward him hearing about some of his ideas to better D.C.," said Robert J. Kabel, chair of the D.C. Republican Committee, in a statement.

 

[Underwhere]

YES!!!!

 

[tele_mark]

Well, that's good, but really, what's the importance of Heller -- he was just the plaintiff. I'd be excited if this news was that Robert Levy was running, but Heller?

 

[Jose]

The importance is that the common man is aspiring to political service, rather than another lawyer or professional politician. As the Founding Fathers envisioned.

 

[MikeH]

Great!

 

[Len-2A Training]

The importance is that the common man is aspiring to political service, rather than another lawyer or professional politician. As the Founding Fathers envisioned.

+1

 

[tele_mark]

Got it!

 

[Admin]

The importance is that the common man is aspiring to political service, rather than another lawyer or professional politician. As the Founding Fathers envisioned.

+1

 

[TomH]

Good for him!

 

[Edzo]

D.C. only has a non-voting seat but based on the recent quotes by Eleanor Holmes Norton, she's probably as extreme as any anti-gun politician in the country.

I think I have a pretty good idea about which of them the NRA will endorse.

 

[CRSIII]

The importance is that the common man is aspiring to political service, rather than another lawyer or professional politician. As the Founding Fathers envisioned.

Amen!