NBC-4 Doesn’t Know What It’s Talking About

Posted on July 18, 2008 by andrew

Pop quiz: What is bugging me about the following short article, quoted in full?

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

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.

Hint: It has to do with the actual job description of the seat held by Norton and sought by Heller.

If our own local media won’t acknowledge our lack of voting rights, why would anyone else?

» Filed Under DC, DC enfranchisement, Dick Heller, Eleanor Holmes Norton, NBC-4, the media

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