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Defending the home: the plight of Wilmette, Illinois, homeowner Hale DeMar shows both the importance of being armed and the unfairness of today's gun laws and criminal-justice system.(Firearms & Freedom)
On May 20, 1988, Laurie Dann of Glencoe, Illinois, walked into a second-grade classroom at Hubbard Woods School in nearby Wilmette. Armed with three handguns, she began firing randomly at children, killing one and wounding five others.
Dann fled to a nearby home, where she took a family hostage. When police arrived, she shot a 20-year-old male member of the family in the chest (he survived), then killed herself.
Dann had recently lost her job as a babysitter because the family for whom she worked was moving from the area. She was under psychiatric care, and an autopsy revealed traces of the prescription drugs lithium (for treating manic-depression) and ...
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