Plaintiff In D.C. Gun Ban Case To Run For U.S. House Seat: "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."
In regards to the previous sentence, I know there are security guards who carry weapons at the capitol in order to protect the politicians, the court justices and everyone else who works at the capitol. How ironic that in D.C. only people who work on capitol hill can use force to protect themselves but not the people living there. Oh wait, that changed on 26 June 2008.
I still think that we should celebrate "Dick Anthony Heller Day" every 26 June.
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