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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
March, 1996

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

The crook pressed the barrel of his .38 tight against 70-year-old Robert Avery's lips and demanded cash in the Milledgeville, Georgia, country store Meanwhile, a second robber made a move toward the cash register. When the first bandit was momentarily distracted by his accomplice's movements, Avery attempted to wrest the firearm away. In the ensuing struggle, Avery fell on his back, and succeeded in drawing his own .22 Mag. pistol from his pocket. The sight of the pistol sent the criminals scurrying from the store. (The Union-Recorder, Milledgeville, GA, 10/31/95)

The Rockingham County, Virginia, woman had already dialed 911 after discovering the door to her home ajar, when a Halloween-masked suspect charged from another room and slashed her with a knife. Suffering two cuts, the woman dashed upstairs where she barricaded herself in a bedroom, grabbed her 12-ga. shotgun, and fired a single shot at the intruder through the door. Police were still searching for the suspect, who fled the home on foot without any valuables. (The Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, VA, 10/24/95)

Despite her frail condition, 82-year-old Elva Holsclaw of Martinsville, Virginia, fought valiantly when a knife-wielding housebreaker stole into her bedroom and attacked her. Nearly three times older than her assailant, Holsclaw routed the man with a single shot from a handgun she kept next to her bed, fatally wounding him. Tragically, Holsclaw died days later from injuries sustained in the attack, and police were investigating the possibility of a second suspect. (The Bulletin, Martinsville, VA, 11/17/95)

The 38-year-old man yelled at the four South Charleston, South Carolina, youths to stop beating the pedestrian they were robbing with sticks, as his son ran in the house to call police. While his orders to cease the attack went ignored, the sharp report from his .22 cal. rifle did not, and the youths quickly bounded off. A block away, one of the teens fell down with a gunshot wound to the leg; police soon after arrested him. The victim's wallet was found nearby. No charges were filed against the armed citizen. (The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC, 10/24/95)

Ottis Spigelmyer, manager of a Reading, Pennsylvania, bus terminal, was working at his desk when the barrel of a sawed-off shotgun was stuck in his face by one of three armed robbers. Spigelmyer pleaded with the man not to hurt anyone and agreed to give him money, but instead retrieved his own revolver and fired, mortally wounding the shotgun-wielding crook. Spigelmyer, who has a concealed carry permit, also fired at the other two robbers, who ran for their lives. Authorities said the shooting was justified. (The Times, Reading, PA, 10/13/95)

Salvatore DeLorenzo, 72, was gardening in his Ridge, NewYork, backyard when two pit bulls from a neighboring home jumped upon the man, dragging him to the ground and biting him. Seeing his father felled by the canines, DeLorenzo's son grabbed a 20-ga. shotgun and fired a single blast, hitting one of the dogs in the leg. Before he could fire again, both beasts ran from the yard. (Newsday, Long Island, NY, 10/20/95)

During an armed robbery outside of a Birmingham, Alabama, library, 79-year-old Cyril Johnson was shot in the chest by his assailant as his wife looked on in horror. Wounded, Johnson fell to the ground and drew his own handgun, fatally wounding the criminal. Johnson was expected to survive his injuries. (The News, Birmingham, AL, 12/2/95)

Judy Stanton's crazed former boyfriend had already killed four people, including a four-month-old girl, in a Columbus, Ohio, shooting spree and was now headed for Ashland to get her. Just as Stanton and her husband, Doug, prepared to flee their home with their four children, the assailant arrived, firing at least three rounds through a back door before kicking it in. Doug returned fire with his own handgun, striking the killer in the chest. Though the shots failed to seriously injure the bulletproof-vest-clad suspect, they did encourage a swift retreat. Soon after, he surrendered to police. "He would've killed them," Columbus Police Sgt. James Longerbone said of the suspect. "And who knows where he would've gone from there." (The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH, 11/21/95)

Tom Bakis understood the robbers' demands even over the frightened screams of his wife. Compliantly, he walked to the cash register of his Waukegan, Illinois, mini-mart. But instead of drawing cash from the drawer he drew his .380, and suddenly the two masked men lost their taste for the crime. Bakis pursued them into the street, where another motorist was able to get enough of a description for police and arrests were soon made. (The News-Sun, Waukegan, IL, 12/9/95)

A teenaged burglar's early morning search for beer in an Idaho Falls, Idaho, bar came to a flat end after he smashed the business's front window, tripping an alarm. Answering the call first was the building's owner, who caught the crook in the act and held him at gunpoint for police. (The Post Register, Idaho Falls, ID, 12/7/95)

When the bandit grabbed Khaled Al-Yasin's 17-year-old son and put a gun to his head, Al-Yasin pulled his own firearm and ducked behind an aisle in the back of his Minneapolis, Minnesota, mini-market. Demanding that Al-Yasin drop his gun and give him cash or he would kill the boy, the criminal met only steely resistance as the shopkeeper refused, fearing that the moment he dropped his own gun, the crook would turn killer, slaying both him and his son. Foiled, the crook released his hostage and left the store. It was the fourth time in three months that the store had been robbed. (Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, 11/28/95)

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