Bill Stevens is Running for Congress.

Bill Stevens, a Newtown business executive, is seeking the Republican nomination for Congress in the Fifth District.

Stevens’s email announcement sounds like he’ll have rather a lot to say about guns. He wrote, “Our Nation is in grave danger. Connecticut needs a Congressman who will fight to strengthen our national security, rebuild our military, secure our borders, and defend the Constitution and our 2nd Amendment rights.”

He included a few words on his background as an introduction to Republicans who will endorse a candidate at a spring convention to face incumbent Democrat Elizabeth Esty. Stevens “is a graduate of the prestigious New Mexico Military Institute (Commissioned, 2nd Lieutenant) and the University of California, Santa Barbara. His background includes Asian Studies, International banking, and sustainable energy.”

Stevens joins Sherman First Selectman Clay Cope and fellow Newtown resident Matt Maxwell in the contest for the Republican nomination.