As a US Army veteran who conducted counterterrorism operations around the globe and served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Korea, Delegate Dan Helmer spent his military career keeping our country safe. Now, as a legislator, he’s continuing this mission by helping to enact commonsense solutions to end our nation’s epidemic of gun violence. In office, Delegate Helmer has worked tirelessly to pass laws that require universal background checks on all gun sales, prohibit those who commit domestic abuse from possessing guns, and enact extreme risk protection order measures designed to get guns out of the hands of those who seek to do harm to themselves or others. He has also championed legislation to ban weapons of war that have no place on the Commonwealth’s streets. While champions like Delegate Dan Helmer have made extraordinary progress on this issue in recent years, it’s imperative that we flip the Virginia House of Delegates this fall to break the Republican stalemate on gun safety. To do so, we must reelect leaders with the courage to act—lives depend on it, and our children cannot wait.

We are proud to endorse Dan Helmer for the Virginia House of Delegates.