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Monday, December 1, 1986

The Herald, Miami, FL, 10/8/86

Arriving at her Kendall, Fla., home, Marlene Thomas felt something was wrong. She ran to a neighbor's house, ...

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Monday, December 1, 1986

The Daily News, Anchorage, AK, 10/21/86

A Muldoon, Alaska, woman was home alone when a man tried to enter her apartment. She went to ...

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Monday, December 1, 1986

The Journal, Lincoln, NE, 9/18/86

A Lincoln, Nebr., woman awoke to find a man standing at the foot of her bed. As she ...

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Monday, December 1, 1986

The Star, Kansas City, MO, 10/13/86

Milton Young and his family returned to their Lebanon, Mo., home and surprised an armed intruder burglarizing the ...

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Monday, December 1, 1986

The Gazette, Kalamazoo, MI, 10/13/86

A Kalamazoo, Mich., man was awakened by a noise in his home late at night. The homeowner armed ...

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Monday, December 1, 1986

The Chronicle, Houston, TX, 9/26/86

A Harris County, Tex., woman was at home at night with her small child when she heard someone ...

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Monday, December 1, 1986

The Times-Herald, Dallas, TX, 10/6/86

Hearing noises at the front door of his Dallas, Tex., home, Paul Smiley took a pistol from under ...

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Monday, December 1, 1986

The Register-Guard, Eugene, OR, 10/21/86

When 74-year-old Helen Whipple let her dog out for a run outside her Santa Clara, Oreg., home, she ...

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Monday, December 1, 1986

The Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, 9/30/86

The owner of a Bucks County, Pa., general store burglarized twice in a month was prepared when a ...

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Monday, December 1, 1986

The Tribune, Albuquerque, NM, 9/16/86

L.B. Scott and his wife were asleep in their Albuquerque, N.Mex., home when they were awakened by a ...

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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.