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Wednesday, April 1, 1987

The News, Opp, AL, 1/29/87

An 81-year-old Andalusia, Ala., woman turned the tables on an intruder she discovered in her bedroom. Awakened by ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1987

The Chronicle, San Francisco, CA, 10/3/86

A man armed with a starter's pistol and his teenage accomplice forced their way into an Oakland, Calif., ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1987

The Californian, Bakersfield, CA, 11/19/86

As Harold Tomlin was closing his Bakersfield, Calif., pharmacy, a man approached and tried to rob the pharmacist, ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1987

The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, 12/5/86

Hearing his 70-year-old wife's cries for help downstairs in his Cleveland, Ohio, home, William Simko armed himself and ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1987

The Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs, CO, 1/17/87

A man browsing in a Colorado Springs, Colo., coin shop turned as if to leave, but suddenly wheeled ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1987

The Virginian Pilot, Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA, 2/2/87

A man broke into Jeffrey Maynard's Virginia Beach, Va., home and began threatening the occupants. When the intruder ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1987

The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO, 1/15/87

Two men posing as renters came to Robert and Gladys Delavan's Denver, Colo., apartment house and attempted to ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1987

The Tribune, South Bend, IN, 1/13/87

A South Bend, Ind., man was in an upstairs bedroom of his home when he heard noises at ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1987

The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA, 1/8/87

A New Orleans, La., merchant was leaving his store when a man accosted and tried to rob him ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1987

The News, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1/2/87

Seeing a man enter a Tuscaloosa, Ala., convenience store, the night manager noticed it was the same person ...

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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.