Word: burglar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...power." The fact is, concealing a weapon is a felony, and you can stop someone just as easily with a shotgun. What can you do with a handgun that you can't do with a rifle? You can still hunt with a rifle, join a shooting club, stop a burglar, or even join a revolutionary militia. Perhaps you can't open a drawer and blow a hole in your spouse's chest in a wild fit of rage, but might regret having done that afterwards...
...descent was precipitous. At the time of his divorce, Ferguson began working for Ademco, a burglar-alarm manufacturer. A year into his job, however, he fell from a stool, receiving a back injury that led to his termination. He sued for compensation, won a $26,250 judgment but, for some reason, tried to reopen proceedings with the New York State workers' compensation board. He complained that he was a victim of racial prejudice and rejected state-appointed doctors sent to examine him because their surnames sounded ethnic and not black. Eventually, Ferguson, who wrote and called incessantly...
...three hot summer months, I saw the anxiety that built barricades to keep the wrong people out of the right neighborhoods. I saw the fear that bought handguns, installed burglar alarms and hired security guards...
...television screens with fair frequency. But the killing that took place so close to me was different. The thief did not strangle the woman because of politics or clan rivalry, which lead to so much of the violence in the country. His only motivation was greed. He was a burglar who saw an opportunity in a society whose standards of law and order continue steadily to deteriorate...
...Fennelly said a burglar caught stealing wallets at a boathouse last spring told police it has been much harder for him to rob dorms since the key cards were installed. "I don't want to give a false sense of security," Fennelly said. "But the cards are the only factor that changes in the environment. It's a good way to control security into the buildings...