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Saturday, November 1, 1986

The Review Chronicle, Philadelphia, PA, 9/18/86

Two men broke into James Knipe's Philadelphia, Pa., home and lunged at him with swords, "defying him to ...

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Saturday, November 1, 1986

The Leader & Press, Springfield, MO, 9/16/86

Two men wearing handkerchief-type masks, one armed with a gun, burst into Marvin Russell's Springfield, Mo., liquor store ...

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Wednesday, October 1, 1986

The Star-News, Chula Vista, CA, 5/1/86

A Chula Vista, Calif., couple on a weekend fishing trip along the Mexican border was menaced by 10 ...

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Wednesday, October 1, 1986

The Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, FL, 7/5/86

Waking to find a light on in his Sarasota, Fla., home, Frank Falato called out for his mother, ...

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Wednesday, October 1, 1986

The News Journal, Pensacola, FL, 8/25/86

When a Myrtle Grove, Fla., woman heard noises in her garage, she loaded her gun and walked to ...

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Wednesday, October 1, 1986

The Union, Sacramento, CA, 7/15/86

After a heavily armed gunman broke into Jeremy Sterger's Wilton, Calif., home, killed his brother and his father's ...

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Wednesday, October 1, 1986

The Tribune, Chicago, IL, 6/16/86

Hearing noises in her apartment at 2 a.m., a South Side Chicago, Ill., woman got her handgun and ...

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Wednesday, October 1, 1986

The Telegraph, Macon, GA, 8/9/86

Breaking in through a kitchen window, a knife-wielding intruder walked into the bedroom of Nancy Tomlinson's Macon, Ga., ...

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Wednesday, October 1, 1986

The Gazette, Phoenix, AZ, 6/18/86

A 64-year-old Glendale, Ariz., man was awakened by his doorbell ringing and went to the door, seeing a ...

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Wednesday, October 1, 1986

The Press Herald, Portland, OR, 7/16/86

A man asking to use the telephone at a Bayside, Oreg., woman's apartment walked in and pushed her ...

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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.