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Sunday, June 1, 1986

The News, Havertown, PA, 2/19/86

Holding a knife to the chest of an 85-year-old Upper Darby, Pa., man, the robber demanded money. The ...

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Sunday, June 1, 1986

The Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, 9/19/86

Francene Carson phoned police after her ex-husband, who was screaming outside her Berger, Mo, apartment, began firing a ...

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Sunday, June 1, 1986

The Daily News, Gwinnett, GA, 3/11/86

As the gun-toting robber snatched money from her hand, convenience-store clerk Penny Sinnaebe reached beneath the counter and ...

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Sunday, June 1, 1986

The News & Daily Advance, Lynchburg, VA, 3/1/86

Leaving for work one evening, a Lynchburg, Va., woman was confronted by a man who chased her back ...

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Thursday, May 1, 1986

The News, Birmingham, AL, 2/1/86

The robber had just made a clean getaway and pulled into the Pelham, Ala., service station. He found ...

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Thursday, May 1, 1986

The News, Detroit, MI, 1/21/86

"Stop right where you are," shouted the determined young Detroit mother. She had a shotgun trained on three ...

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Thursday, May 1, 1986

The Post, Houston, TX, 2/17/86

Late-night noises awoke elderly Houston resident Edward Brimble, who fetched a revolver and began to search his house. ...

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Thursday, May 1, 1986

The Times-Union, Jacksonville, FL, 2/5/86

Mark Walski had put up with harassment from the man before, but when the culprit and two other ...

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Thursday, May 1, 1986

The Times, Los Angeles, CA, 2/23/86

Two strangers strolled into the small Los Angeles candy shop operated by Primitivo Nieves, loitered a bit, then ...

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Thursday, May 1, 1986

The Citizen, Tucson, AZ, 2/15/86

Awakened by shattering glass, an elderly Tucson, Ariz., man found a stranger had broken into his bedroom. Despite ...

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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.