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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The Bee, Sacramento, CA, 1/1/81

A stickup artist asked Bobbie Fisher of Fresno, Calif., if she'd ever been held up, and pulled a ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The Bee, Sacramento, CA, 1/1/81

After two juveniles continually burglarized and vandalized her Sacramento, Calif., home for two years, Philippines immigrant Dee Yansenns ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The Enterprise, Beaumont, TX, 1/2/81

An unidentified Beaumont, Tex, man caught a pair of burglars stealing his television and stereo. When one burglar ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The News-Palladium, Pana, IL, 1/12/81

Disabled World War II veteran George Sarver used the element of surprise to capture three burglars who had ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The News, Detroit, MI, 1/6/81

George Rayburn and his son were listening to a police scanner radio in their River Rouge, Mich., home ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The Star, Meridian, MS, 11/30/80

An armed robber's momentary lapse of attention gave Meridian, Miss., grocer Joe Hlinak just enough time to grab ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, IA, 12/15/80

A quintet of youthful extortionists threatened Council Bluff, Iowa, motel owner Rex Nelson with a tire tool and ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The Post-Herald, Birmingham, AL, 12/12/80

A Mississippi prison parolee intent on burglary broke into the Prichard, Ala., home of Harry Thompson only to ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The News-Tribune, Duluth, MN, 11/14/80

A Superior, Minn., woman awoke during the night when she felt a hand on her body. Seeing a ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1981

The Tribune, Waco, TX, 12/20/80

Jack Walker awoke in his Waco, Tex., home to find it being burglarized by a trio of housebreakers. ...

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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.