Republican announces candidacy to face Bustos in 2022

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One Republican candidate has thrown their name in to challenge a Western Illinois Congresswoman in 2022.

Charlie Helmick says he’s a defender of the first and second amendment.

” Everybody has a right to free speech. They have a right to say what they believe and what they want,” Helmick says. “The second amendment is under attack. People have the right to keep and bear arms. It’s not just to go hunting, we all know that. And, Biden is currently enacting more legislation — and legislation in fact that affects legal gun ownership. It doesn’t affect the criminal. It doesn’t affect the people who go out do these things.”

Instead, Helmick says that mental health needs to be addressed instead of gun control legislation.

“Do we need something to address the psychological effects that people have, whether it’s PTSD or whatever, yes. The mental state of a person, there needs to be something done with that. But, banning firearms and taking them away from people — [they want to ban 50-caliber ammunition]. I don’t recall any of these mass shooting incidents that happened in America involving a 50-caliber round.”

Helmick served in the military and also as a police officer and for Homeland Security. He is currently in the insurance business.

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