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Tuesday, September 1, 1981

The Tribune, San Diego, CA, 6/2/81

Suspicious of two men browsing through his San Diego, Calif., liquor store, Jerry Nunez drew a pistol. When ...

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Tuesday, September 1, 1981

The Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, 2/14/81

John Ryan was getting into a car parked outside his Rochester, N.Y., home when a masked mugger jumped ...

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Tuesday, September 1, 1981

The Press-Scimitar, Memphis, TN, 5/20/81

James Sellers chased two men out of his Memphis, Tenn., grocery when he found they didn't have money ...

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Tuesday, September 1, 1981

The Sun, San Bernardino, CA, 5/17/81

Seeing a youth struggling down the street with a TV wrapped in a sheet, Glen Hendricks got suspicious ...

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Tuesday, September 1, 1981

The Times, St. Petersburg, FL, 5/27/81

Having just dozed off in a rear room of her Chassahowitzka, Fla., gas station, Gladys Huey was awakened ...

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Tuesday, September 1, 1981

The News, Lake Wales, FL, 6/4/81

James Pedersen was in his Waverly, Fla., home when a burglar alarm attached to his father's house went ...

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Tuesday, September 1, 1981

The Herald, Everett, WA, 5/31/81

Despite being beaten over the head by a "customer" in his Edmonds, Wash., jewelry store, Roy Bartell, 72, ...

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Tuesday, September 1, 1981

The Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, MO, 2/1/81

A man wielding a sawed-off shotgun forced his way into William Elliot's East St. Louis, Mo., home and ...

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Tuesday, September 1, 1981

The Sun, Springfield, OH, 4/9/81

Upon returning home from work, Charles Wilkerson heard a prowler upstairs in his Springfield, Ohio, house. Wilkerson got ...

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Saturday, August 1, 1981

The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ, 5/26/81

Gladys Kastensmith, 77, was awakened by the sounds of someone trying to break into her Phoenix, Ariz., home. ...

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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.