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Wednesday, March 1, 1995

Times-Union, Rochester, NY, 12/20/94

Rochester, New York, market owner Ali Amireh still carries a bullet lodged next to his heart after being ...

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Sunday, January 1, 1995

Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, 10/9/94

On his final run of the night, Rochester, New York, pizza deliveryman Michael Vaccaro was set upon by ...

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Tuesday, November 1, 1994

The New York Times, New York, NY, 9/10/94

Oscar Palmer was behind a two-way mirror in his Brooklyn, New York, restaurant when four armed men entered ...

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Tuesday, November 1, 1994

Newsday, New York, NY, 9/18/94

Roosevelt Smith, 78, leads a genial life repairing watches in a New York beauty salon. But he is ...

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Saturday, October 1, 1994

The Daily Times, Watertown, NY, 7/6/94

Paintball guns are used in recreational war games to simulate a "hit." If combatants wear proper protective gear, ...

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Monday, August 1, 1994

The News, Buffalo, NY, 4/30/94

When pistol-packing preacher Rev. Ronald Kirk went to investigate the motion alarm going off in his church, he ...

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Sunday, May 1, 1994

Newsday, Long Island, NY, 2/11/94

Bernie Ames, a Hempstead, New York, bookstore owner, didn't count on his 69th birthday being quite so exciting. ...

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Tuesday, March 1, 1994

The Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, 12/28/93

As one young thug beat Rochester, New York, store owner Boleck Slepecki, the other raided the cash register. ...

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Friday, October 1, 1993

The Post, New York, NY, 7/26/93

Eugene DeMayo was behind the counter of his South Bronx, New York, sporting goods store when several youths, ...

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Wednesday, September 1, 1993

Newsday, Long Island, NY, 4/1/93

"I threw a lot of lead at him," was how Oyster Bay, New York, jeweler Ralph Caggiano described ...

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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.