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Friday, August 1, 1986

The Dispatch, York, PA, 6/9/86

Observing two suspicious-looking men with knapsacks walking between homes in his York, Pa., neighborhood, a resident armed himself ...

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Friday, August 1, 1986

The News-Sentinel, Knoxville, TN, 5/5/86

Hearing a noise on the second floor of his mother's West Knox, Tenn., home, Michael Rea got his ...

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Friday, August 1, 1986

The Daily News, Greenville, MI, 5/1/86

When Newaygo, Mich., farmer James Bunker discoverd three prison escapees in his barn, the trio fled--two straight into ...

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Friday, August 1, 1986

The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO, 4/8/86

Stepping outside his parents' Denver home, Dennis Trujillo spotted two armed men approaching. He ran back in to ...

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Friday, August 1, 1986

The News, Detroit, MI, 4/2/86

The two young men said they were interested in jewelry Walter Nowicki had advertised for sale. But as ...

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Friday, August 1, 1986

The News-Herald, Panama City, FL, 4/4/86

Ed Smith was closing his Panama City, Fla., grocery when a shotgun-toting robber demanded money. Smith slapped the ...

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Friday, August 1, 1986

The Star, Indianapolis, IN, 4/13/86

John Reed, 86, was struggling with an intruder who had broken into his Northside, Ind., home late at ...

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Friday, August 1, 1986

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

An armed man attempted his sixth holdup of Sim Tang Tah's Los Angeles doughnut shop in 12 days, ...

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Friday, August 1, 1986

The Journal, Poughkeepsie, NY, 4/12/86

Poughkeepsie, N.Y., restaurant owner David Auffarth was getting out of his car when a man holding a metalllic ...

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Friday, August 1, 1986

The Star-Telegram, Ft. Worth, TX, 5/17/86

After taking Hubert Chandler's son hostage at gunpoint, a robbery suspect demanded that the 69-year-old Ft. Worth, Tex., ...

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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.