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FROM "THE ARMED CITIZEN" COLUMN IN \THE AMERICAN RIFLEMAN\
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The following clippings are reprinted from "The Armed
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Citizen" section of \The American Rifleman\, published by the
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National Rifle Association.
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This section's heading states:
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"Mere presence of a firearm, without a shot being fired,
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prevents crime in many instances, as shown by news reports to
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The Armed Citizen. Shooting usually can be justified only
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where crime constitutes an immediate, imminent threat to life
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or limb or, in some cases, property. The accounts given are
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from clippings sent in by NRA Members. Anyone is free to
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quote or reproduce them.
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Anyone with a similar news clipping should mail it to:
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The Armed Citizen
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American Rifleman
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470 Spring Park Place, Suite 1000
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Herndon, VA 22070
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These clips courtesy of Al Haislip and Oral Deckard, who typed them
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in. I will add all other "Armed Citizen" clippings that anyone
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cares to forward to me to this file, and keep it available in the
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Freebies File Area. When typing in clippings, please use straight
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It has occurred to me that if you aren't receiving one of the NRA's
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publications, you might not have a membership application form at
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hand. Just cut out the one below if you are so inclined. -- Oral
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When a strongarm robber began to beat and assault his 84-year-
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old wife, Paul Hansen, 83, was able to lure the intruder in to
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another room of their Orange, NJ, home with promises of money.
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Hansen distracted the criminal long enough to get a war trophy
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7.65 mm pistol and shoot him, halting the attack. Although the
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housebreaker was hit in the head, police found him "conscious and
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screaming."
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(The Star Ledger, Newark, NJ, 12/9/90)
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After a former boyfriend raped her and repeatedly harassed her
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and her family, Amy Gardner thought her ordeal was over when he
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was jailed. After a judge set him free on reduced bail, however,
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she armed herself with a shotgun. She needed it when her
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tormentor, armed with a pistol and several homemade pipe bombs,
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kicked in the door of her Monroe Township, NJ home. When he
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entered the bedroom where she was hiding, she killed him with a
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single blast.
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(Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, 2/22/91)
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Leaving His Jensen Beach, Fla. jewelry store, manager David
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Elia noticed two car thieves in his truck. When he approached
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the vehicle, the criminals got out, pointed a gun at him and
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ordered him inside. Elia struggled briefly but pulled his
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licensed .357 Mag. when another man drove up and also pointed a
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gun at him. In the exchange of shots, Elia drove away his
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attackers. "Had I not had that gun, I would not be here today,"
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he said.
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(The Post, West Palm Beach, Fla., 1/5/91)
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A strongarm thief found out that brawn doesn't always count
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when the intended victim is armed. Robert Siwek of Hollywood,
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Fla. was using a pay phone when the man demanded money and
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threatened him. Siwek jumped in his car, grabbed a 9 mm, fired a
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warning shot that stopped the thug cold and held him for police.
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"He was saying 'Let me go. I'm sorry, sir.' I told him to shut
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up," Siwek said.
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(The Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 1/18/91)
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Heading home from a shooting trip, James Militello of Sun
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Valley, Nev., saw two men beating a third at an intersection.
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Militello picked up his unloaded .22 and went to the rescue. He
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confronted the assailants, forced them to leave and took and took
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the injured man to the hospital.
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(The Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nev., 2/4/91)
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Several Temple, Okla., farmers dropped their plowshares and
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picked up their firearms when told a prison parolee accused of
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kidnapping a 16-year-old girl was headed their way. The farmers
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took up the chase when the car with the man and girl eluded the
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roadblock they had set up. The car crashed into a ditch, and the
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kidnapper tried to escape on foot, but one farmer shot him in the
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legs with a shotgun and held him for police.
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(The Constitution, Lawton, Okla., 1/12/91)
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When an employee of a Long Beach, Calif., pizza store didn't
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act quickly enough for a masked and armed 14 year old robber who
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had demanded money, the bandit hit him on the head. The employee
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struggled with the robber, who fired four shots but hit no one.
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Manager Cathy Hsia, taking advantage of the confusion, pulled her
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own pistol and shot the thug three times, mortally wounding him.
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(The Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif., 12/30/90)
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Unaware that he was picking the wrong target, an armed robber
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demanded money from a Flint, Mich., storeowner. Getting the
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money, he fled, pursued by two employees who were armed with a
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gun kept in the store. Responding police found the pair sitting
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on the criminal, caught after a two block chase.
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(The Saturday Journal, Flint, Mich., 1/12/91)
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Nick Nichols of Lebanon, Tenn., used one hand to pass cash to
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the armed robber who entered the market where he works as a night
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clerk. With his other hand, Nichols pulled his .38 from under the
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counter and fired, killing the robber, who was believed
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responsible for a similar robber nearby. "I don't advocate this,
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but owners have a right to defend themselves, whether your a bank
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teller or a store clerk," the county sheriff said.
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(The Tennessean, Nashville, Tenn., 2/25/91)
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Delta Colo., druggist George Morris started taking his
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revolver to work after another pharmacy in the town was robbed.
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When a criminal passed him a note demanding drugs and held a gun
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on him, Morris responded by pulling his own revolver. After a
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short standoff, the crook beat a hasty retreat without firing a
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shot.
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(The County Independent, Delta, Colo., 1/30/91)
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Stopping to talk to two men they met on a rural road while
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hunting, Tennessee brothers Jay and Clifford Wright were headed
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back to their truck when, in an apparent robbery attempt, one
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stranger shot Jay in the back and leg. Returning fire with his
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shotgun, Clifford stopped the attack, wounded one of the
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assailants and drove them away. Two suspects, both with extensive
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criminal records, were apprehended and charged with the attack.
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(The Wayne County News, Waynesboro, Tenn., 2/6/91)
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A burglar believed responsible for two other intrusions at
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Mike Meck's Kalamazoo, Mich., home picked the wrong time for his
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third attempt. Meck, asleep on the couch, woke to the sounds of
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forced entry and grabbed his shotgun. When the man broke through
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the door and menaced him with a baseball bat, Meck responded with
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a single blast, wounding the intruder and putting him to flight.
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(The Gazette, Kalamazoo, Mich., 3/3/91)
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After she offered to let him sleep in a camper behind her
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home, an acquaintance punched Theresa Paulfranz of Chesapeake,
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Va., and threatened to rape her. A neighbor made her assailant
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leave, but he returned several hours later and kicked in the door
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to her home, again threatening her. She fired a single shot from
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her .38 revolver, killing the intruder. Police said she acted in
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self defense.
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(The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va., 2/21/91)
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Two armed robbers wish they hadn't chosen the Milwaukee, Wis.,
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jewelry store of NRA members George and Roy Becker. When one hit
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64-year-old Roy over the head with tire iron, George, 70, blasted
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him with a shotgun. The pair fled, but were apprehended by
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police. The attack almost duplicated a 1968 incident that had a
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similar outcome. "We always protect ourselves," Roy Becker said.
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"The law says you can protect yourself and your property. That's
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what we fought for in World War II."
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(The Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis., 12/27/90)
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After repeated burglaries at his uncle's Grove City, Ohio
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home, Randy Sefchick stood guard with a shotgun. After a side
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door was kicked in, he confronted a housebreaker armed with a
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large screwdriver. When the criminal advanced, Sefchick fired a
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blast that knocked him down. When the man got up, Sefchick
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finished the job with a pistol shot. Police suspect the dead
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burglar had invaded several other area homes.
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(The Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio, 1/26/91)
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After 36 year and more than 100 prior burglaries, Charlotte,
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N.C., restaurant owner James Ballentine finally came face to face
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with a bad guy. Returning to the restaurant late one night, he
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found a man crawling out a broken window. Ballentine fired a
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single shot, sending the burglar fleeing. A suspect was later
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arrested.
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(The Observer, Charlotte, N.C., 12/17/90)
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Michael Dacuba, a Goose Creek, S.C., jewelry store clerk,
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pulled a gun out of a drawer after a man entered the store and
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flashed a pistol. The would be robber, hit in the hand and the
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chest, ran from the store but collapsed in a field about 300
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yards away.
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(The Gazette, Goose Creek, S.C. 1/9/91)
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Inez McGrew, a 72-year-old Houston, Tex., Sunday school
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teacher, put her new .38 revolver to good use when she stopped a
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state prison parolee who had broken into her brother's home.
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McGrew, staying at the home after several earlier burglaries,
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pulled the gun from under the couch when the man woke her up, and
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screamed to alert her brother's roommate. When the burglar
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lunged, both she and the roommate fired their guns, fatally
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wounding the intruder. "I encourage all my friends to go to a
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shooting range," McGrew said. "Take courses and learn how to
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protect yourself."
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(The Chronicle, Houston, Tex., 2/3/91)
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When three hoodlums invaded his mother's apartment, attacked
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his wife and cut phone lines to police, Shannon Gray of Eugene,
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Oreg., grabbed his .30-.30, loaded it and confronted the criminals.
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When one produced a sawed off shotgun, he opened up, quelling the
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disturbance.
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(The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oreg., 1/24/91)
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Unloading their two toddlers from the family car early one
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morning, Air Force veterans Alex and Valerie Kinion of Missouri
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City, Tex., didn't notice the armed robber behind them until he
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demanded their jewelry. Alex Kinion grappled with the thug,
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giving his wife time to retrieve a handgun from their home.
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Returning, she shot the assailant twice, killing him.
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"Adrenaline took over, and I automatically did what I had to
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do," she said.
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(The Chronicle, Houston, Tex., 1/29/91)
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A customer marked his time when two armed robbers burst into a
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Brooklyn, N.Y., furniture store. When the time was right, the
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customer pulled his 9 mm and, in an exchange of shots, killed one
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thug and critically wounded another.
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(The Daily News, New York, N.Y., 12/25/90)
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Her surgeon husband murdered, her family terrorized and both
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herself and her daughter wounded by a family friend turned
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robber, Sharon Darrow was able to talk her attacker into letting
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her leave the living room of her Oklahoma City, Okla., home. She
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used the opportunity to retrieve a .38 revolver and shot the
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attacker. Though the shot took out a row of teeth, the criminal
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was able to flee, but was caught by police after a high-speed
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chase.
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(The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1/9/91)
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Danny Ketchum pulled his own bluff when an extortionist tried
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to rob a Nashville, Tenn., bank by claiming to have a bomb in a
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holida package. Ketchum followed the man both on foot and then
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in his pickup, finally cornering the crook with his truck.
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Ketchum then grabbed his pellet gun, which he says resembles a
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.44 mag., and held the criminal for police. "I thought maybe I
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could just bluff him," Ketchum said.
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(The Tennessean, Nashville, Tenn., 1/3/91)
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Out on bond on a charge of murdering a 68-year-old woman, a
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would-be rapist pushed his luck too far when he broke into Hattie
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Combo's Petersburg, Va., home. When the criminal came out from
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behind a bedroom door, Combo shot him in the neck with her
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revolver and held him for police, who found the intruder had
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gathered pieces of tape and other restraints.
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(The Progressive Index, Petersburg, Va., 1/23/91)
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Wanting more than food, an armed robber got something he
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didn't bargain for at the drive up window of an Albemarle, N.C.,
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eatery. Tommy Munford grabbed a 12 ga. double-barrel, confronted
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the criminal from a side door and killed him with a blast of
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buckshot.
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(The Stanley News & Press, Albemarle, N.C., 1/13/91)
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When a well-dressed woman armed with a pellet pistol walked up to
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the tellers's window at the Lipan National Bank in Lipan, Tex., it
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quickly became evident that "she" wasn't a woman and wasn't there to
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make a deposit. After the robber left, bank president Jim Smith
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grabbed his gun and began the chase, joined by Jim Watters and several
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other Lipan residents. They caught up with the crook, now in his own
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clothes, in a field and held him for police. A confederate later
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turned herself in to local police.
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(The Hood County News, Granbury, Tex., 2/9/91)
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Todd Gray, stationed with the military in Anchorage, Alaska, was
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asleep when awakened and told a man was trying to steal his
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roommate's car. In his haste he grabbed a .45 but forgot clothes.
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Wearing only a smile, he ran outside, nabbed the thief and held him
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for police.
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(The Valley Sun, Wasilla, Alaska, 3/26/91)
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After their closed store had been broken into twice, Jimmy Lish of
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Walton, Oreg., reactivated a homemade burglar alarm. When it went
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off one night, Lish and his friend Larry Jacobs, both armed, raced to
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the store, where they caught two men stealing groceries. After a
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brief confrontation, Lish and Jacobs held the culprits for police, who
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charged the pair with burglary and other offences.
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(The West Lane News, Veneta, Oreg., 3/21/91)
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Restauranteur Glenn "Tree" Thompson had a feeling the burglar who
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broke into his West Palm Beach, Fla., business would return, and his
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hunch paid off. "I heard him break the steel bars on the windows and
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waited until he got inside before putting the drop on him with a
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pistol," Thompson said. It was the second time since 1986 that he has
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captured a crook.
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(The Post, Palm Beach, Fla., 3/31/91)
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When Jonnie McAlpine pulled up to her New Orleans, La., home, she
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was met with an odd sight -- a stranger holding her stereo and
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wearing her husband's tennis shoes. When she pulled her gun, the man
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took off running, with McAlpine in pursuit. The crook, who fumbled
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for but dropped a revolver he had stolen from the home, was finally
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brought to bay by several landscapers who joined the chase. Police
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said the man had only hours before been released from jail on a
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burglary charge.
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(The Times Picayune, New Orleans, La., 3/19/91)
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Christina Bolinsky played her own version of a trump card early one
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morning when she found a housebreaker inside her home. Before
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investigating, the Farmington, N.Y., resident picked up a gun. When
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the intruder she confronted pulled a knife, she pulled her gun. The
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criminal fled.
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(The Daily Messenger, Canandaigua, N.Y., 4/1/91)
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Catching two burglars was a family affair for the Conners of
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Patrick Springs, N.C. When Ada Conner found her home burglarized,
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she called her husband Curtis and son Phillip. While her father
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called police, Phillip took a gun and started tracking the burglars.
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He caught and detained one and hopped into his truck to continue the
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search. When another suspect drove by, he blocked the road and held
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him at gunpoint. Responding police nabbed a third suspect, and all
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three were in jail on burglary charges.
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(The Times & World News, Roanoak, Va., 3/15/91)
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Alerted by his wife, former police officer Ernest Nuskey knew what
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to do when a man tried to steal his car from outside his Bensalem,
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Pa., home. He picked up his handgun, ran outside in his underwear,
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and held the thief at bay until police arrived.
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(Bucks County Courier Times, Levittown, Pa., 2/12/91)
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A Noonday, Tex., resident grew suspicious when he saw a truck in
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his mother-in-law's back yard matching the description of one seen
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near his house when it was burglarized the previous day. When the
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burglars started into her house, the man grabbed his shotgun and
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caught two of them. A third was caught by police nearby, and the
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fourth, a woman, fled. Police believe them responsible for a series
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of burglaries in the area.
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(The Courier Times, Tyler, Tex., 2/20/91)
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A Tacoma Wash., robber had second thoughts when, after he pulled a
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small gun on a man in a parking lot, he was confronted with a larger
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handgun. The crook quickly changed his mind, threw down his gun and
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fled, as his intended victim became the pursuer. The chase continued
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through a local restaurant and finally ended when the man finally
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corralled the thug about 11 blocks away. The robber is a suspect in a
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similar incident minutes earlier.
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(The Morning News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., 3/3/91)
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An unloaded rifle equipped with a bayonet was enough to scare an
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intruder away from a Mechanicsburg, Pa., woman's home. The woman got
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the rifle from the bedroom when she heard a noise and saw the back
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door start to open. When she saw a boot coming through the door, she
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charged, and the intruder fled.
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(The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa., 2/20/91)
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Wyley Johnson of Thonotosassa, Fla., and three relatives skipped
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Easter Sunday services to nab a burglar who had a habit of visiting
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the home while the family attended Sunday church services. Alerted to
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the man's approach by a neighbor who was acting as a lookout, Johnson
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captured the suspect, a former family handyman, and held him at
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gunpoint until police arrived.
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(The Tribune, Tampa, Fla., 4/2/91)
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A holdup man wearing a ski mask decided he didn't have enough gun
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for the job when he attempted to rob the Szabo Market in Detroit,
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Mich. When confronted by the man, who had a small caliber revolver,
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owner Steve Szabo pulled his .357 Mag., prompting the thug to flee.
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(The News, Detroit, Mich., 3/5/91)
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A Tallahassee, Fla., family can thank an observant neighbor for
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interrupting a burglary and capturing the housebreakers.
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Investigating when he noticed activity at the house, the man drove up
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and held the three burglars, two 16-year-olds and one 18, at gunpoint
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and honked his car horn until another neighbor called police.
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(The Democrat, Tallahassee, Fla., 3/22/91)
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Tight economic times prompted Steve Johnson's response when he was
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confronted by a robber in his family's Chesapeake, Va., store. Passed
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a robbery note and threatened, Johnson pulled his .38 and held the man
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for police. "Things are awful tight right now. I didn't want to see
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that money go out the door," Johnson said.
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(The Virginia Pilot, Virginia Beach, Va., 2/13/91)
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Apparently trying to gain admission to a gang, a Vancouver, Wash.,
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youth instead gained admission to the local jail when he tried to rob
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a man at knifepoint. When approached and threatened, the victim
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pulled his pistol instead of his wallet. A witness got the license
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number of the car in which the youth fled, and police arrested him and
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several suspected accomplices.
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(The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash., 4/15/91)
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Awakened by his wife and alerted to the presence of a burglar in
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their home, Louie Fonduk of Bayonet Point, Fla., grabbed his pistol
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from his nightstand. Confronting the crowbar-armed intruder in the
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living room, Fonduk fired four shots, sending the man fleeing out the
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front door.
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(The Times, St. Petersburg, Fla., 4/22/91)
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His neighborhood the target of a string of burglaries, Danial Unger
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of South Whitehall Township, Pa., was asleep in his house when noises
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downstairs roused him. He picked up a shotgun and, beginning his
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investigation, came face to face with a burglar. The intruder fled
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empty handed with Unger in pursuit.
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(The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa., 4/30/91)
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