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Monday, June 1, 1987

The Morning News, Dallas, TX, 2/15/87

An armed man entered a Dallas, Tex., liquor store, grabbed an employee and ordered two other employees who ...

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Monday, June 1, 1987

The News-Leader, Fernandina Beach, FL, 2/12/87

A man breaking into a Fernandina Beach, Fla., home was met by gunfire from an elderly resident. After ...

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Monday, June 1, 1987

The News Journal, Pensacola, FL, 2/21/87

Legal secretary Diane Sutter was working late in a Fort Walton Beach, Fla., law office when she saw ...

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Monday, June 1, 1987

The Bee, Fresno, CA, 3/14/87

Jimmy Amerine was closing his Madera, Calif., store when three armed men entered. One picked up Amerine's 3-year-old ...

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Monday, June 1, 1987

The Post, Palm Beach, FL, 2/7/87

A youthful thief armed with a knife got a surprise when he tried to break into a Boca ...

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Monday, June 1, 1987

The Tribune, Chicago, IL, 2/17/87

When Russell Dooley heard glass breaking at a side window of his Chicago, Ill., home, he told his ...

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Monday, June 1, 1987

The Tennessean, Nashville, TN, 2/26/87

Eleanor Ross was approaching her boyfriend's house when two men, one armed with a pistol, abducted her and ...

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Monday, June 1, 1987

The North Jefferson News, Gardendale, AL, 4/2/87

Joe Aycock was asleep in his Gardendale, Ala, home when he heard someone try to break in and ...

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Monday, June 1, 1987

The Press, Oakland, MI, 4/4/87

Esther Flores heard glass breaking on the back porch of her Pontiac, Mich., home, so she called police ...

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Friday, May 1, 1987

The Daily News, Naples, FL, 1/27/87

Rex Sims was awakened early in the morning by a noise at his screened porch and the sound ...

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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.