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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
May, 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

Police called Timothy Pastuck a hero after the Queens, New York, man came to the aid of a neighbor being savagely beaten with a baseball bat and steam iron by her boyfriend. Pastuck retrieved his unlicensed .22 cal. Ruger rifle and ordered the batterer to stop, and when the man refused, he shot him three times, wounding him. Despite the accolades from the public and law enforcement, Pastuck was initially charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon. After 14 hours in jail, the first two charges were dropped. Pastuck then spent 2 1/2 hours in court where the district attorney finally decided to drop the weapons charge. "You try to do the right thing, and the next thing you know you're in the system … I don't know what they want; people, citizens, to react, don't react," said Pastuck. (Newsday, Long Island, NY, 2/8/96)

Sharonda McMurray was working at a Norcross, Georgia, deli when her former boyfriend charged into the business in a rage and began repeatedly stabbing her with a knife. Customer Dennis Benton tackled the assailant, suffering a cut himself before the suspect broke free and ran outside. NRA Life Member Myron Petro, also a patron at the time of the attack, followed, noted the license plate number of the suspect's car, and retrieved his own handgun from his vehicle. Moments later, the attacker returned to the deli with another knife and began stabbing McMurray again. Petro ordered the man to drop his weapon, but the knife-wielding attacker instead charged Petro, who shot him five times, killing him. (The Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA, 2/22/96)

An 81-year-old Oakland, California, man was entering his apartment when a hoodlum approached from behind, knocked him to the floor and began beating him savagely in the face and head. About to lose consciousness, the elderly man managed to reach a .32 cal. he kept on a nearby shelf and fired once at his assailant, wounding him in the neck. (The Tribune, Oakland, CA, 11/23/95)

Police believe Susan Rood's former husband, armed with a shotgun, broke into the Lakewood, Colorado, apartment intending to kill Rood and her boyfriend, Lance Garner. Instead, Garner armed himself and routed the assailant's attack. Wounded by Garner, Rood 's former husband turned his shotgun on himself and committed suicide. Although Garner was injured in the fight, Susan Rood went unharmed. (The Post, Denver, CO, 12/19/96)

Perry and Debra Jones were in bed in their Waller, Texas, home when a burglar wearing surgical gloves, black clothes, and camouflage around his head and neck smashed through their bedroom window and began climbing into the home. Perry Jones shouted for the man to halt, but he refused. Jones then grabbed a shotgun he kept by his bed and fired a single fatal blast at the intruder. Two accomplices were arrested later that evening. (The Chronicle, Houston, TX, 12/21/95)

The masked man strode into the Leitersburg, Maryland, liquor store suspiciously holding his hand in his pocket and demanded that store owner Dennis Wayne Gigeous fill a paper bag full of money and then lie on the floor behind the counter. Gigeous instead grabbed a handgun from beneath the counter and fired at his assailant, who fled outside and crouched behind a van. The store owner followed and fired several more shots outside, wounding the bandit. He then held the would-be robber for police. (The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, MD, 12/19/95)

"The truth of the matter is people are tired of these thugs breaking the law. They're taking care of business," said Orange County, Florida, Sheriff Kevin Beary following the death of a 16-year-old bandit who tried to rob citizen John T. Pride at a pay phone. Instead of cash, Pride, who has a carry permit, pulled out his .380 pistol and fatally shot his assailant, marking the eighth time in 18 months that a criminal had been killed by his intended victim in Central Florida. Most of the defensive shootings have taken place in people's homes. "I've always been one that believes you have a right to protect your property," Beary said. "If someone breaks into my home, he's not walking out." (The Sentinel, Orlando, FL, 1/5/96)

When a pair of masked men burst into a Salisbury, Maryland, home to rob a group of people gathered there, Terry Wood darted for his bedroom where his handgun was stored. Moments later, peeking from behind the bedroom door, Wood encountered one of the bandits pointing a firearm at him. Wood raised his own gun and shot the man. The two crooks fled, but the wounded suspect collapsed in a nearby yard and died later that evening. (The Daily Times, Salisbury, MD, 1/20/96)

A female bandit used an all-too-real-looking BB pistol to get the drop on a Jackson, Tennessee, hotel night clerk. While the robber's attention was on the cash register, the clerk locked himself in the office, where he watched the woman on a closed circuit television and armed himself with a .38. Unable to leave through the lobby's locked door, the robber began pounding on the office door. The clerk opened fire through the door, killing her. (The Sun, Jackson, TN, 1/19/96)

Jensen, Utah, rancher Gary Snow suspected a predator when he couldn't locate his herd of 95 sheep. Shotgun in hand, Snow had not searched long before two rottweilers charged him from the banks of the Green River as if to attack. Snow shot the two dogs just 30 ft. away and to his horror, discovered that they had chased his sheep more than a mile and into the river, mauling them along the way. Of the 70 sheep killed, those not slaughtered by the dogs drowned after their wool became weighted down by the water. (The Express, Vernal, UT, 1/17/96)

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