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Friday, August 1, 1986

The Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, 6/11/86

Brandishing a knife, a masked man forced his way into Donna Sellars' McMinnville, Tenn, trailer. He ordered her ...

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Friday, August 1, 1986

The Tribune, Chicago, IL, 5/30/86

Vincent Powell, 19, was cleaning his family's Woodlawn, Ill., carry-out restaurant when a man approached him, brandished a ...

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Friday, August 1, 1986

The Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 6/5/86

Confronted by an armed man at a Pittsburgh, Pa., gas station, attendant Jon Old drew his .38 automatic, ...

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Friday, August 1, 1986

The News, Bowie, TX, 3/27/86

Druggist Ligon Griffin of Bowie, Tex., waited on a customer, only to find himself staring down the tubes ...

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Friday, August 1, 1986

The Times-Picayune/The States-Item, New Orleans, LA, 5/31/86

James Nicholson was in the bathroom and couldn't answer the door when someone knocked at his Gentilly, La., ...

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Tuesday, July 1, 1986

The News-Tribune, Tacoma, WA

As the Spanaway, Wash., woman investigated noises in her home, an assailant suddenly leaped out, struck her on ...

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Tuesday, July 1, 1986

The Chronicle, San Farncisco, CA

Harry Thompson was awakened as two of his children leaped across his bed, terrified. "Daddy, there are two ...

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Tuesday, July 1, 1986

The Sentinel, Orlando, FL

Joe Gonzalez looked up from the counter of his Daytona Beach, Fla., grocery just in time to see ...

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Tuesday, July 1, 1986

The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO

On his knees with a robber's gun at his head, Denver restaurant manager Bruce Cluster thought he was ...

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Tuesday, July 1, 1986

The Evening Journal, Lubbock, TX

Awakened by her dog's barking, Tracy Strawn picked up a revolver and stepped outside her bedroom just in ...

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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.