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A knife-wielding woman from Colombia sparked panic at a Dollar General store in Polk County, though she was eventually stopped by a pair of armed citizens, according to Sheriff Grady Judd on Wednesday. . . .
“She pulled out a knife, and she’s waving it around and threatening

New Research: The worst 2% of U.S. counties account for 53% of all murders but 57% of firearm murders. Most in heavily Democrat controlled areas. U.S. murders are concentrated far more heavily than Canada’s and Australia’s.
https://crimeresearch.org/2026/10/new-research-the-worst-2-of-u-s-counties-produce-an-even-larger-share-of-firearm-murders-than-of-murders-overall-those-counties-account-for-53-of-all-murders-but-57-of-firearm-murders-u-s-murders/
@FBI #Crime #murder

.@FreemanWSJ at the WSJ: Hard as it may be for news consumers to believe, the United States of America has lately become a much less violent place.

John Lott writes at RealClearInvestigations:

"The U.S. has been running a real-time experiment on two approaches to criminal

FBI SAYS 16 — GUN RIGHTS EXPERT SAYS 225!

Dr. John Lott accuses the FBI of dramatically undercounting active shootings stopped by law-abiding armed citizens.

He says the agency has repeatedly been alerted to missing cases but STILL hasn't corrected its numbers.

“It's one thing

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A federal grand jury in Wichita, Kansas returned an indictment today charging a postal worker with stealing thousands of pieces of mail, including nearly 400 of Republican Party candidates political mailings, but Zero from Democrats

A federal grand jury in Wichita, Kansas returned an indictment today charging a postal worker with stealing thousands of pieces of mail, including nearly 400 of Republican Party candidates political mailings, but Zero from Democrats

The problem with sending political items in the mail. If this happens with political mailings, what might happen with mail-in and absentee ballots. "Among the mail items she allegedly stole and placed in her garage, were nearly 400 political mailers solely related to...