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Wednesday, April 1, 1981

The Times, Seattle, WA, 1/20/81

Seattle, Wash., pharmacist Harry Ostrom looked up from his work and saw one of his clerks stuffing money ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1981

The Daily News, Philadelphia, PA, 1/16/81

An armed robber's greed gave Rubin Martinez the chance to foil a holdup at his Philadelphia, Pa., grocery. ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1981

The Chronicle, Augusta, GA, 1/28/81

William Palmer was walking to his midnight-shift job in Augusta, Ga., when a mugger attacked, throwing him to ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1981

The Daily Breeze, Torrance, CA, 12/29/80

David Owens and his girlfriend were driving away from a Torrance, Calif., theater when a youth pointed a ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1981

The Pilot, Redding, CT, 12/18/80

A would-be armed robber made the mistake of pulling a racetrack starting pistol on NRA member Walter Toepfer ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1981

The Gazette, Niagara Falls, NY, 12/23/80

A pair of thugs had been terrorizing senior citizens in her Niagara Falls, N.Y., neighborhood, so 72-year-old Mary ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1981

The Inter-Mountain, Elkins, WV, 12/30/80

Harvey Carpenter was asleep in the back of his Webster Springs, W.Va., store when he heard the sounds ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1981

The Gilchrist County Journal, Trenton, FL, 12/25/80

When a stickup man pointed a pistol at Gail Davis and demanded the cash from her father's Wilcox, ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1981

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, FL, 12/15/80

Bus driver Robert McCort was driving from Miami to Detroit when he saw two men and a woman ...

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Wednesday, April 1, 1981

The Mississippi Press Register, Jackson Co., MS, 1/25/81

Jerry Lewis of Gautier, Miss., was working the graveyard shift at a convenience store when three young hoodlums ...

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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.