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“The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor — The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi” This is a fascinating book about a labor leader who has had tremendous influence on our lives, but whose name is not even known by millions of Americans. Please read my review.

From:
The American Rifleman
October, 1998

Studies indicate that firearms are used over two million times a year for personal protection, and that the presence of a firearm, without a shot being fired, prevents crime in many instances. Shooting usually can be justified only where crime constitutes an immediate imminent threat to life limb or in some cases property. Anyone is free to quote or reproduce these accounts. Send clippings to: "The Armed Citizen," 11250 Waples Mill Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030

Jack Overdorff and his wife, Jeri, were unaware of the danger they faced when a man came-to their door inquiring about a motor home they had for sale. After looking over the RV, the man forced Jack Overdorff inside the couple’ house at gunpoint. After the invader tied up the couple and surveyed the house, he cut loose Jeri Overdorff so she could use the bathroom. That’ when a gunfight ensued. Jack Overdorff managed to pull a .45-cal. handgun and shoot the man twice in the chest. Overdorff was wounded in the return fire, and the home invader was fatally wounded. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA/Coeur d’ ID, 6/6/98)

After explaining to a judge how she was beaten, stalked and threatened once with a sword swung just inches from her throat, Des Moines, Iowa’ Kelcey Woolery succeeded in having the court order her abusive ax-boyfriend to stay away. Undeterred, however, the 37-year-old man forced his way into the house where Woolery was staying one morning. Woolery armed herself with a handgun and fired several shots at the man. He was wounded and was later listed in serious condition at a hospital where he was scheduled to be arraigned. No charges were filed against Woolery. (The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, IA, 6/25/98)

A tanning salon owner sent two would-be robbers fleeing after they entered his place of business and sprayed him with Mace. The businessman fired his .38-cal. revolver, hitting one of the men in the shoulder. Hospital officials later called police to pick up the man after he arrived for treatment of a gunshot wound. Police said the owner would not be charged in the shooting. (Salem Evening News, Salem, MA, 6/30/98)

A Lebanon, Oregon, resident swung into action at around 11 o’ one evening shortly after four uninvited "visitors" arrived at her home. The baseball bat-wielding thugs forced their way through the front door, then went to work on the door of the woman’ bedroom, demanding to be let in. She trained her 9 mm pistol on the door from the other side, fired three shots and sent the home invaders fleeing. (Statesman-Journal, Salem, OR, 7/4/98)

When a gun-toting man wearing a stocking on his head entered Mike Nisi’ family-run jewelry store in New Port Richey, Florida, he probably didn’ realize he was about to get the break of his life -- literally. Nisi’ son saw the man pull a revolver out of his waistband just before Nisi, out of sight behind a workbench, and his wife each emerged with their own handguns trained on the man. They had the would-be bandit -- in his late teens or early 20s -- dead to rights, but decided to let him escape after he pleaded, "Don’ shoot me, don’ shoot me!" (The Suncoast News, Port Richey, FL, 7/1/98)

Brent Berkebile, Jr., 21, was in for a rude surprise when he opened his front door late one evening. He instantly came face-to-face with an armed man who demanded money. While Berkebile complied, his girlfriend ran out of the house to summon help at the nearby house of Brent Berkebile, Sr., who returned with a shotgun. Berkebile, Sr., fired at the bandit as he attempted to escape from his son’ residence. Police later found the man across the street in some bushes, alive, but with a gunshot injury to the shoulder. "It looks like he did what he had to do and nothing more," said a police spokesman of the elder Berkebile. (Stockton Record, Stockton, CA, 7/3/98)

David Ellis, a city councilor for Lynn, Massachusetts, was on his bicycle conducting a midnight crime patrol when he spotted four men harassing an elderly woman in her car. Moving to intervene, Ellis confronted the men, then began to use his cell phone to call for help. The men charged, knocking Ellis off his bike, kicking him in the head and yelling, "Kill him!" Ellis reacted by pulling a .357 Mag. handgun and firing into the group. He then ran to a nearby house and called police. Two of the four were later caught and charged with armed robbery. (Ipswich Chronicle, Ipswich, MA, 7/9/98)

After Timothy Abbott noticed an unknown man in the back yard of a neighbor’ residence, he confronted the intruder, who responded by attempting to run away. Abbott then told the man -- ho had been trying to break into the house -- that he had a gun and ordered him to stop. Abbott’ wife called police, who later arrived to find Abbott holding the man at gunpoint. (Keizer Times, Keizer, OR, 6/25/98)

Pueblo, Colorado, homeowner Frank Bergamo watched carefully as a would-be burglar doggedly made his way onto Bergamo’ property, attempting to avoid motion detectors and climbing a 6-ft. chain-link fence. When the man finally tried to crawl through the dog door cut into Bergamo’ back entrance, he quickly found himself staring into the business end of Bergamo’ Smith & Wesson .357 Mag. revolver. Bergamo held the intruder for police, and the man was later charged with second-degree burglary. (The Chieftain, Pueblo, CO, 7/14/98)

After a woman entered a laundry room at the trailer park where she lived, she was approached by an unfamiliar man who inquired whether she had a boyfriend or husband and suggested he come to her trailer "for a beer." The woman asked to be left alone and left the room, but the man followed. When he called out to her from behind, she turned and the man exposed himself to her. The woman, fearing she could be raped, pulled a handgun from her laundry basket and fired a shot. Police later charged the man with stalking. No charges were filed against the woman, whom police said had a legal right to shoot in self-defense. (Boca Raton News, Boca Raton, FL, 7/28/98)

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