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Thursday, August 1, 1996

The Times, Trenton, NJ, 3/22/96

Four knife-wielding men stole into Kuang Cheng's Lumberton, New Jersey, home, forcing his two young sons and their ...

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Monday, January 1, 1996

The Record, Hackensack, NJ, 10/8/95

As Hackensack, New Jersey, grocer George Jesus' wife looked on in horror, a trio of thugs never gave ...

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Friday, December 1, 1995

The Star-Ledger, Elizabeth, NJ, 7/6/95

When Maria Fernandez hesitated in opening the cash register for the armed robber before her, he reached across ...

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Sunday, May 1, 1994

The Courier-Post, Cherry Hill, NJ, 2/6/94

A handgun provided the margin of protection Camden, New Jersey, store owner Raoji Prajapati needed when a thief ...

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Wednesday, September 1, 1993

The Trentonian, Trenton, NJ, 5/14/93

Fired after only five days on the job, a former employee with a long criminal record returned to ...

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Thursday, October 1, 1992

The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ, 6/5/92

The owner of a lunch truck gave the burglar a chance to leave, but when the thief wouldn't ...

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Sunday, December 1, 1991

The News Tribune, Woodbridge, NJ, 9/10/91

Hearing screams near his Sayreville, N.J., apartment, Paul Vigil investigated and found a man stabbing a woman. Vigil ...

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Friday, November 1, 1991

The Burlington County Times, Willingboro, NJ, 7/19/91

Alerted to the presence of a prowler by cigarette smoke, Delanco, N.J., farmhand Michael Popp began searching the ...

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Wednesday, May 1, 1991

The Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, 2/22/91

After a former boyfriend raped her and repeatedly harassed her and her family, Amy Gardiner thought her ordeal ...

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Friday, March 1, 1991

The Star Ledger, Newark, NJ, 12/9/90

When a strongarm robber began to beat and sexually assault his 84-year-old wife, Paul Hansen, 83, was able ...

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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.