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Sunday, February 1, 1981

The Daily News, New York, NY

Three 16-year-olds entered the tiny Towers Book and Card shop operated by 68-year-old Murray Elpern and his wife ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1981

The Constitution, Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, Ga., jeweler Bob Jordan, working at his repair bench, looked up to see two men holding guns ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1981

The Spinal Column, Novi, MI

Jim Gardner was asleep in his Wixom, Mich., apartment when he heard a knock at the door. Finding ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1981

The Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH

An unidentified woman clad only in panties heard a glass door shatter in her suburban Cincinnati home. Picking ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1981

The Tribune, Chesterton, IN

When John Woolman responded to a knock at the door of his Porter, Ind., home, a man threatened ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1981

The Newspaper, Wiscasset, ME

NRA Life member Richard Willard awoke to the sounds of someone rummaging about his Woolwich, Maine, home. Armed ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1981

The Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO

St. Louis, Mo., restauranteur Gus Kircher started carrying a gun in his restaurant after he was robbed of ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1981

The Daily News, Bangor, ME

Entering his law office in Bangor, Maine, attorney Peter A. Anderson, an NRA Life member, found a burglar ...

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Thursday, January 1, 1981

The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, VA, 10/26/80

Serena Ashburn was talking on the phone when she heard glass breaking in her Chesapeake, Va., house. She ...

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Thursday, January 1, 1981

The West County Times, Pinole, CA, 10/22/80

Awakened at 4 a.m. by the sounds of a prowler in her San Pablo, Calif., home, Ressie Page ...

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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.