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      • Name: Dick Heller Position: Emeritus professor of the universities of Manchester, UK, and Newcastle, Australia Biography: Graduated in medicine from London University, going on to work in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. In 2006 he retired as professor of public health at the University of Manchester, UK.
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  2. Aug 14, 2022 · An individual right to own a gun for personal protection is an idea deeply ingrained in American culture, but until Dick Heller came along, there was little actual legal framework to back that...

  3. In response, Dick Heller challenged these new restrictions filing a civil suit named Heller v. District of Columbia (Civil Action No. 08-1289 (RMU), No. 23., 25) where he requested a summary judgment to vacate the new prohibitions.

  4. Oct 22, 2024 · Heller, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 2008, held (5–4) that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to possess firearms independent of service in a state militia and to use firearms for traditionally lawful purposes, including self-defense within the home.

  5. Dick is a nationally known 2nd Amendment advocate and a proud citizen of the United States of America. Heller’s most recent gun case is entitled Heller II v. DC, a follow-up to the victorious Heller v. DC case of 2008 that overturned the 1976 DC Gun Ban and opened the door for nearly 100 new gun cases nationwide in the first year after that ...

  6. May 4, 2019 · Dick Anthony Heller was the plaintiff in D.C. v. Heller. He was a licensed special police officer in Washington who was issued and carried a handgun as part of his job. Yet federal law prevented him from owning and keeping a handgun in his District of Columbia home.

  7. Aug 14, 2022 · Dick Heller would like to be known as the "Gun Dude." For the self-described octogenarian who still works as a special police officer in the federal prison system, it's a moniker that...

  8. Jun 26, 2008 · The named plaintiff, Dick Heller, was a licensed special police officer for the District of Columbia who was not allowed to have a gun at home despite being able to use it at work. Like the other plaintiffs, he lived in an area with high drug use and crime activity.