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Sunday, September 1, 1985

The Press, Atlantic City, NJ

Dino Starn awoke to find a man climbing through the bedroom window of his New Jersey home. "He ...

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Monday, April 1, 1985

The Record, Hackensack, NJ, 1/14/85

Grabbing his pistol from a dresser drawer, a Fair Lawn, N.J., man got out of bed to investigate ...

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Tuesday, January 1, 1985

The Trentonian, Trenton, NJ, 11/7/84

Investigating a late-night disturbance outside his home, off-duty policeman Martin Hofmann of Hamilton Township, N.J., discovered an armed ...

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Tuesday, November 1, 1983

The Leader, Pt. Pleasant, NJ, 3/17/83

A masked man entered a Pt. Pleasant, N.J., jewelry store, displayed a pistol and ordered manager Joseph Guinta ...

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Tuesday, November 1, 1983

The Herald News, Passaic, NJ, 8/83

Grocer Richard Martinez used a broken bottle to fend off a knife-wielding stickup man and his accomplice until ...

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Monday, November 1, 1982

The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ, 8/7/82

Three men, one brandishing a pipe, entered the Newark, N.J., home of Anthony Carroll and demanded money. Carroll, ...

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Saturday, May 1, 1982

The Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, 3/1/82

An armed robber pulled a revolver on Everett Powell and demanded cash from the register of Powell's Bridgeton, ...

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Thursday, April 1, 1982

The Gloucester County Times, Woodbury, NJ, 1/25/82

Mark Fera was convinced the two gunmen robbing his Washington Twp., N.J., coin shop planned to kill him. ...

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Monday, March 1, 1982

The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ

A pair of thugs started beating Woodrow Wilson Glanton of Newark, N.J.; they took his wallet, his money ...

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Wednesday, July 1, 1981

The Record, Bogota, NJ, 4/30/81

A 90-year-old Bogota, N.J., man heard a pair of burglars ransacking his home at 1:30 a.m. He confronted ...

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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.