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Friday, February 1, 1985

The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, 11/25/84

Forced at knife-point into a back room and tied up, Memphis, Tenn., grocer John Partain freed himself while ...

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Saturday, December 1, 1984

The Tennessean, Nashville, TN, 9/22/84

When a 32-year-old man broke into her home, beat her with a wrench, and threatened to rape her, ...

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Thursday, November 1, 1984

The Times News, Kingsport, TN

Mary Brooks of Chattanooga, Tenn., must have looked like an easy mark behind the counter of a bait ...

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Wednesday, August 1, 1984

The News-Sentinel, Knoxville, TN

Nashville, Tenn., resident Bruce Metcalf was buying gasoline at a local market when he witnessed two armed robbers ...

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Sunday, April 1, 1984

The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, 1/26/84

Two men entered Elvis Grady's Memphis, Tenn., market and one pulled a sawed-off rifle from beneath his coat ...

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Saturday, October 1, 1983

The News-Sentinel, Knoxville, TN

As Linda Woodward put her child into the car at a Knoxville, Tenn., service station, three men accosted ...

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Monday, August 1, 1983

The Journal, Knoxville, TN, 6/9/83

Caution guided Robert Lee Parton to carry along his shotgun when responding to late-night callers at his farmhouse ...

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Sunday, May 1, 1983

The News-Free Press, Chattanooga, TN, 3/7/83

Annette Ransom was walking to her sister's home in Chattanooga, Tenn., when overtaken from behind by a man ...

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Friday, April 1, 1983

The Press-Scimitar, Memphis, TN

A Memphis restaurant patron witnessed the armed abduction of an elderly couple as they were forced into their ...

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Tuesday, February 1, 1983

The News-Sentinel, Knoxville, TN, 11/1/82

Alone in her Knoxville, Tenn., home, Gloria Powers was jumped by an assailant when she stepped into the ...

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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.