http://www.therepublic.com/feed/person/15f13d4cab5346ec85af96bfd4c4af3a Rick Berg News and Photos en-ca webstaff@therepublic.com Copyright 2013 http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/9b85deced12c47b38de6f451ba3a70d2/ND--Heitkamp-Gunshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/9b85deced12c47b38de6f451ba3a70d2/ND--Heitkamp-GunsWASHINGTON - As Heidi Heitkamp eked out a North Dakota Senate race decided by less than 3,000 votes last year, one topic that rarely came up was gun rights. Now that Heitkamp is a freshman senator in Washington, an issue that once hardly registered has quickly become a defining one.]]>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:08:56 -0400