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Thursday, October 1, 1981

The Bee, Sacramento, CA, 7/23/81

John Heronymous awoke to find a pair of intruders standing beside his bed in his Clarksburg, Calif., home. ...

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Thursday, October 1, 1981

The News, Miami, FL, 7/31/81

A would-be rapist dragged Miami, Fla., shopowner Medelon Walton into her van and started driving away. Walton reached ...

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Thursday, October 1, 1981

The Sentinal-Star, Orlando, FL, 7/25/81

An Orlando, Fla., armed robber pressed his luck too far when he tried to rob the store of ...

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Thursday, October 1, 1981

The American-Statesman, Austin, TX, 7/22/81

Zachariah Coombes had always understood the company policy forbidding 7-11 convenience store employees from carrying firearms on duty. ...

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Thursday, October 1, 1981

The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, 7/9/81

Faye Esther Jackson was shocked to discover a strange man wandering through the front room of her Oklahoma ...

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Thursday, October 1, 1981

The Union, San Diego, CA, 7/2/81

San Diego, Calif., jeweler Irving Hosenpud was waiting on a customer when he saw a man lift the ...

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Tuesday, September 1, 1981

The Blade, Toledo, OH, 6/4/81

Asleep in the apartment over his Toledo, Ohio, market, Arlington Jordan was awakened by noises downstairs, and, armed ...

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Tuesday, September 1, 1981

The Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, 5/18/81

John Mitchell and his wife, Hazel, were getting out of their car in front of their Philadelphia home ...

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Tuesday, September 1, 1981

The Capital-Journal, Topeka, KS, 5/21/81

After repeated thefts had netted 200 gallons of gas from his pump, Shawnee, Co., Kans., property owner Gary ...

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Tuesday, September 1, 1981

The Herald Examiner, Los Angeles, CA, 5/20/81

Hearing a woman's screams coming from the laundromat next to his Downey, Calif., dry cleaning shop, Kim Holsonbach ...

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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.