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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Herald, Miami, FL, 8/27/81

Church Bernard returned to his Coconut Grove, Fla., home to find a pair of burglars trying to break ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, 8/30/81

Mary Smith was awakened by a noise in her suburban St. Louis, Mo., home and grabbed her .22 ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Herald-Examiner, Los Angeles, CA, 9/30/81

Two members of a notorious Los Angeles street gang broke through three locks into the home of 81-year-old ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 8/20/81

"We're going to have you and your money, too," a would-be rapist told an unidentified Washington, Pa., woman ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Journal and Constitution, Atlanta, GA, 7/19/81

Athens, Ga., auto repairmen Rick Harle and Steve Tingle were sick and tired of car break-ins at their ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, 8/19/81

When a man jumped into Barbara Ann Trosclair's car outside a New Orleans restaurant and threatened to kill ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Daily Times-Herald, Burlington, NC, 8/20/81

Kathleen Barker "had a funny feeling" when a trio of men entered her Burlington, N.C., convenience store. When ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 1981

The Times, Los Angeles, CA, 7/1/81

Lee Otha Moore walked out on his Los Angeles patio just in time to see a 64-year-old woman ...

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Sunday, November 1, 1981

The Times, Seattle, WA, 8/30/81

When a man-woman team of holdup artists made their second raid on his West Seattle, Wash., pharmacy in ...

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Sunday, November 1, 1981

The Banner, Nashville, TN, 8/12/81

An armed robber announced with a glazed look that he was going to kill Nashville, Tenn., convenience store ...

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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.