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Twenty Years of the CIO — 
This is a great piece of
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The Ethical Spectacle
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International Journal
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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.

From:
The American Rifleman
September, 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

When two men attempted to rob 43year-old auto mechanic Thomas Ellerbee as he walked to his Philadelphia home one night, Ellerbee feigned reaching for his wallet and instead pulled a .380-cal. Sig Sauer pistol. He fired three shots, killing one assailant and injuring the other one, whose relatives later took him to a hospital. According to police, Ellerbee had a permit to carry a concealed firearm. (Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, 4/21/98)

A blast of pepper spray proved an inadequate deterrent for the would-be robber of a Tucson, Arizona, liquor store. The man continued to advance on the clerk, knocking the cash register off the counter. He then reached inside his clothing. That’ when the clerk,   fearing that the inept crook had a gun, pulled out her own gun and fired. When police arrived to arrest the man, they found him subdued and in pain from a bullet wound to the buttocks.(Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ, 2/7/98)

The sounds of shattering glass woke a 91-year-old disabled woman late one evening in her Charlotte, North Carolina, home. Apparently, an intruder had broken windows in both the bathroom and living room of the house. He was sent packing when the woman reacted by firing three shots from a handgun. Social service workers found the woman immobile but uninjured on the floor of her home the following evening. (The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, 5/9/98)

The tranquility of Mike Merz’s Boca Raton, Florida, home was disrupted one morning by two loud crashes. As Merz went downstairs to investigate, he saw a man racing through his living room. The two men struggled throughout the first floor, eventually holding each other by the throat. Finally, during a lull in the conflict, Merz, who is licensed to carry a firearm, grabbed a telephone and his Sig Sauer semi-automatic pistol. He held the intruder at bay until police arrived. "Somebody had to stop him. The police can’ be everywhere," Merz said. (Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 6/3/98)

Two men wearing stocking masks and rubber gloves and armed with a rifle burst into Red True’s country store one night, abruptly bringing to an end the merchant’ 20 years of peaceful trade. After confronting True, the men insisted that he remove his hands from his pockets. True complied, pulling out a .38-cal. revolver and fatally shooting one of the men in the face. The accomplice was captured shortly thereafter. "He was protecting himself," said Northhampton County Sheriff John Wood, who added that True would not be charged in the incident. (Roanoke Herald, Roanoke Rapids NC, 5/8/98)

Truck driver Fernando Sancho was asleep in the cab of his 18-wheeler, which contained a $250,000 load of shrimp, when someone broke out a window and attempted to climb inside. Sancho fired his Winchester rifle and gave chase, sending three men fleeing in their car. The men, two of whom sustained bullet wounds, were later arrested and charged with felony attempted burglary. Sancho had taken the precaution of arming himself because three previous burglaries had sent his insurance premiums spiraling upward and threatened to bankrupt his business. (San Gabriel Valley Daily Tribune, West Covina, CA, 6/12/88)

Two would-be robbers entered Ossie’s Jewelers in Allentown, Pennsylvania, one morning shouting "police emergency" and wildly firing more than 20 rounds of ammunition from their guns. But store owner Vernon Oswald, whose wife was also on the premises, discouraged further mayhem by answering back with six rounds from his .357 Mag. revolver. That was enough to send the thugs fleeing. "The fact that Mr. Oswald shot back probably saved his life and that of his wife," said Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin. (The Mercury, Pottstown, PA, 2/1/98)

When a 50-year-old woman heard a noise in her home shortly before 6:30 one morning, she went to the kitchen to investigate, but not before preparing for the worst. It’s a good thing, since what she discovered was a man working his way through a window above the sink. According to police reports, the woman, armed with a shotgun, approached the would-be burglar and threatened to shoot him. From his somewhat compromised position midway through the window, the intruder quickly saw things from the woman’s perspective and fled the scene. (The Herald-Sun, Durham, NC, 6/1/98)

When Lorden Gemaya, 51, walked out of her Southwest Dade, Florida, house one morning, she was confronted by two armed men who forced her back inside. As one of the home invaders began a room-to-room search, Lazaro Veguilla. 39, emerged from one of the rooms and began shooting. Both robbers fled, leaving behind a white Cadillac that had been reported stolen earlier in the month. (Miami Herald, Miami, FL, 4/20/98)

A 44-year-old woman was surprised on her birthday by a man who crept into her house shortly after she set the security alarm. When the alarm sounded, the woman soon found herself face to face with the intruder. "You better leave, or I’m going to shoot you," she said. The man disregarded the warning and continued to advance. The woman fired one shot, which sent the man fleeing into the night. (The Scottsdale Tribune, Scottsdale, AZ, 5/16/98)

A Fort Worth resident managed to foil the attempted burglary of his home — remarkably, the second such intrusion in as many weeks — by surprising a would-be thief with his presence and with a single shot from a .38 cal. handgun. Police said the home was probably targeted because it appeared to be unoccupied. The home invader was frightened by the gunfire and fled out the front door. (The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, 6/16/98)

If you have had a firsthand “Armed Citizen” experience,
call NRA-ILA Grassroots at (800) 392-8683.

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