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Sunday, March 1, 1987

The Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, AK, 12/12/86

A Fairbanks, Alaska, minister and his wife returned unexpectedly to their home and surprised an intruder. The man, ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1987

The Herald, Bradenton, FL, 12/29/86

As James Taylor prepared for bed, he spied a man going through his car outside his Anna Maria, ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1987

The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, WV, 12/31/86

A would-be robber entered a Huntington, W.VA., gas station, brandished a gun and demanded money from the attendant. ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1987

The Sun, Baltimore, MD, 12/17/86

It was attendant Eric Davis' turn to carry a .38 revolver while working the late shift at a ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1987

The News-Democrat, Belleville, IL, 12/28/86

Jogging along a Belleville, Ill., road Air Force pilot Stanley Templeton was attacked by two dogs that rushed ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1987

The Times, Quad-Cities, IL, 12/24/86

John Calvin heard glass breaking, and someone trying to enter the kitchen of his Davenport, Iowa, home. Getting ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1987

The Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, TX, 12/31/86

When a youth entered Leonard Coloney's Harlingen, Tex., liquor store, the owner asked for some identification. Instead, the ...

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Sunday, March 1, 1987

Southtown Economist Newspapers, Chicago, IL, 12/28/86

The owner of an Evergreen Park, Ill., car wash was closing up shop when an armed intruder struck ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1987

The Times Journal, Racine, WI, 9/14/86

William Schroeder thwarted a robbery attempt at his Caledonia, Wis., bar when a man entered shortly after closing ...

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Sunday, February 1, 1987

The Times, Los Angeles, CA, 12/5/86

Awakened by noises in her Los Angeles, Calif., home, a 70-year-old widow picked up her .38 and started ...

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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.