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Friday, January 1, 1982

The Daily Tribune, Columbia, MO, 9/29/81

When his wife told him a mental patient had escaped from the state hospital near his Fulton, Mo., ...

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Friday, January 1, 1982

The Daily News, Dayton, OH, 10/25/81

Thomas A. Garner bided his time after a kidnapper abducted him and a female companion at gunpoint and ...

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Friday, January 1, 1982

The News, Savannah, GA, 9/15/81

A trio of teenaged purse-snatchers grabbed a women's purse at a Savannah, Ga., intersection and prepared to run ...

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Friday, January 1, 1982

The Daily News, New York, NY, 10/3/81

A trio of stocking-masked burglars broke into the Queens, N.Y., home of Stephen Rappel, and bound Rappel and ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO, 9/16/81

Kenneth Smith of Wheat Ridge, Colo., was awakened at 2:30 a.m. by the burglar alarm in his greenhouse. ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Sun, Baltimore, MD, 8/21/91

Vertis Bost was awakened by a barking dog early one morning and found a burglar ransacking his West ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Times, Contra Costa, CA, 8/13/81

Three ski-masked robbers lost their nerve and ran when restaurant manager Edmong Ng confronted them with a pistol ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Republic, Phoenix, Ariz., 8/24/81

A robbery team of three men and two women burst into the Scottsdale, Ariz., home of William and ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Express, Lock Haven, PA, 9/10/81

A would-be burglar found himself kneeling and kissing the pavement after he broke into the Williamsport, Pa., home ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The News, Birmingham, AL, 7/10/81

When a neighbor called to tell him that a gang of young thieves was stealing gas from school ...

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Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.