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Book Review:
“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.
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![[NRA Logo]](armcitzn.jpg) From:
The American Rifleman
May, 1995
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
He would have preferred another way, but Philadelphia minister David A. Venable, 73,
had to send a violent intruder to meet his Maker. The robber burst into Venable's kitchen,
attacked him with a knife and burned him with hot grease from a frying pan. Pretending to
retrieve money, Venable reached for and emptied his five-shot .38, killing the criminal, a
repeat offender. "God was definitely with him," said a family friend of the
Baptist preacher. (The Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, 2/18/94)
Fifty police and a Coast Guard helicopter couldn't find their man, but a Windsor,
Connecticut, homeowner with a 9 mm pistol halted a day-long crime spree. The hunted
fugitive had knifed and set ablaze an elderly man, then kidnapped and raped his female
companion. But when retired engineer Jack O'Keefe discovered the criminal hiding in his
car, jail was inevitable. O'Keefe's wife dialed 911 while he held the thug for police. (The
Courant, Hartford, CT, 2/2/95)
The armed robbers failed to tie Phoenix, Arizona, jeweler Chuy Sosa securely, and it
cost one of them his life. Sosa got loose and grabbed a .38 just as the criminals pointed
their guns at fleeing customers. In the ensuing firefight, Sosa mortally wounded one of
the intruders and forced both of them to flee. (The Republic, Phoenix, AZ, 1/13/95)
Even the steel bars 81-year-old Bisbee, Arizona, resident Ben Duree had placed over the
mobile home windows did not deter the intruders who hacked a hole through the wall of his
101-year-old mother's bedroom. After three burglaries since 1984, Duree took the only
other step he could; he armed himself with his .38. When a burglar tried to enter the
home, Duree killed him with a single shot. (Daily Miner, Kingman, AZ, 1/4/95)
The locked bedroom door was little deterrent to the housebreaker who had already kicked
in the back door of a Vernon Parish, Louisiana, woman's home in the middle of the night.
When the man, armed with a large butcher knife, crashed into the room where the woman
huddled with her 22-month-old child, the woman mortally wounded the assailant with several
shots from her .380 pistol. The woman and her child were not injured. (Daily Leader,
Leesville, LA, 1/29/95)
Iron gates didn't stop a gang of armed home invaders, but a .357 Mag. proved more
effective. At least five burglars, some armed, rampaged through a Las Vegas, Nevada,
woman's upscale home. When one kicked down the locked door of the bedroom where she was
hiding, she opened fire, wounding him and putting the bandits to flight. The wounded
criminal and his four accomplices were later arrested. (Review-Journal, Las Vegas, NV,
2/11/95)
Anchorage, Alaska resident Kellie Duff is considered a hero by her neighbors. Arriving
home one evening with her three young daughters in tow, Duff surprised three teenaged
burglars exiting the front door of her home. They tried to get in their car and leave, but
Duff blocked their escape with her truck. She then held them at bay with a .30-'06 as her
oldest daughter ran to call police. (Daily News, Anchorage, AK, 1/8/95)
When Thedles Cannon, 71, first heard the crash, he thought a car had wrecked outside of
his Wichita, Kansas, home. Then he realized an intruder had actually kicked in his front
door. As his wife dialed 911, Cannon made his way downstairs with his .357 Mag. and
confronted the burglar. When told to "Freeze," the intruder instead lunged at
Cannon, who shot and seriously wounded the criminal. (The Eagle, Wichita, KS, 1/11/95)
When a muddy man in camouflage clothes wandered up his driveway and asked for a ride,
Waterboro, Maine, resident Ray Dion was suspicious, since his house has just been
burglarized. His suspicions were confirmed when he spotted one of his tools in the
break-in artist's pocket. He held the would-be hitchhiker at gunpoint for state troopers. (Kennebec
Journal, Augusta, ME, 1/2/95)
It was deja vu for employees of a Tacoma, Washington, credit union when a masked bandit
armed with a .357 Mag. demanded cash. The incident was the second robbery attempt of the
day. But a man waiting outside for his wife saw what was going on and decided to put an
end to the crime. He rushed in and opened up with a 9 mm, felling the robber. (The News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA, 2/4/95)
Storming into a Phoenix, Arizona, electronics store with a sawed-off shotgun, a
would-be robber was dealt a strong hand of "Arizona justice" after the
shopkeeper critically wounded the suspect with a .45. "Shooting robbers makes sense
to me. That's the way we ought to deal with all of them around here," said an
approving nearby business owner. (The Republic, Phoenix, AZ, 2/14/95)
Anthony DeJulius, 61, was working alone in a Bensalem, Pennsylvania, convenience store
when one of two bandits sprayed him with Mace and attempted to open the cash register. One
wisely fled when DeJulius drew his licensed .38 revolver, but the other rushed him with a
crowbar. The manager opened fire, hitting the robber in the chest. Both criminals were
later apprehended by police. (The Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, 2/18/94)
Dentist Steven Reich proved that marksmanship pays when an armed robber invaded his
Brooklyn, New York office. The criminal fired three shots at Reich at point-blank range
but missed. Unfazed, Reich drilled the bandit with five of five shots. The unlucky
assailant staggered into the street and was beaten by passengers of a vehicle he hoped to
carjack. (The Times, New York, NY, 2/14/95)
If you have had a firsthand “Armed Citizen” experience,
call NRA-ILA Grassroots at (800) 392-8683.
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