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Public domain map showing area of the two bear attacks. On February 15, 2026, a Slovenian father and son used a handgun or handguns to defend against an attacking European brown bear, ursus arctos. From bernama.com:Environment state secretary Filip Kuffa said the father and son had been inspecting timber in a mountain forest with a hunting dog when the bear attacked unexpectedly.According to Mr Kuffa, the father fired several shots from his pistol in self-defence, but the bear knocked him to the ground and bit him repeatedly.His son then shot and killed the animal with a handgun.The incident has been...

mong the many things I do in a retirement no less busy than the decades of work I finished in law-enforcement and teaching, is serving as head of security for my local church. The ministers of that non-mega church understand the very real danger Christians—all Americans—face these days simply for being Christian and a place where Americans regularly gather. The recent Michigan Synagogue attack has encouraged many Jews to take seriously terrorist attacks as I recently wrote in Jihadists and the media bomb. We are now facing an elevated threat of jihadist attacks in America, not only from terrorist nation-sponsored...

Abubaker Abed, a self-styled Palestinian journalist, said Temple Israel was 'guilty[sic] of a crime[sic]'.

A popular Spring Break destination has been rocked by gun violence over the weekend, after five different shootings occurred in just three days, leaving one police officer injured and a suspect in critical condition. Video of one incident shared online showed thousands of screaming people running down Daytona Beach, Florida, while law enforcement agencies from multiple jurisdictions dispersed across the sand. None of the shootings unfolded on the beach itself, though two shootings on Saturday were beachside, officials with the Volusia Sheriff's Office told WFTV. There was also a fight at Joint Bar on Seabreeze in which a shot was...

Wild video has surfaced of thousands of terrified spring break beachgoers fleeing the sand in Florida as gunshots rang out over the weekend. At least four shootings have been reported in Daytona Beach since Friday as scores of spring breakers descended on the city, WFTV9 reported. Four shootings and massive unruly crowds turned Daytona Beach’s spring-break weekend into a public safety nightmare, as thousands fled the sand while police from multiple agencies rushed in to restore order. In one of the chaotic incidents, footage shot from a hotel balcony captured the moment screaming bikini-clad sunbathers scattered the beach after a...

The brother of a terrorist who rammed a vehicle into a Michigan Jewish preschool was a Hezbollah commander, Israel Defense Forces have said. Ayman Muhammad Ghazali, 41, was shot dead after driving the vehicle into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., on Thursday. His brother, Ibrahim Muhammad Ghazali, was responsible for managing weapons operations within a specialized branch of Hezbollah’s Badr Unit, the IDF said in a statement Sunday morning. This unit of the Lebanese terror group is responsible for launching hundreds of rockets toward Israeli civilians throughout the recent war with Iran, the IDF said. Ghazali’s two brothers,...

Abigail Spanberger ran for governor of Virginia as a sane, middle-of-the-road Democrat, but once elected immediately went communist crazy. Among her rapidly developing acts of comradely solidarity is an “assault weapon” and magazine capacity ban. There is, of course, no such thing in firearm nomenclature as an “assault weapon.” There are military assault rifles, which fire intermediate cartridges and have select fire—automatic—capability, but such rifles are essentially banned by federal law. What Spanberger is targeting is America’s most popular rifle, the semiautomatic AR-15 and anything like it. The bill also bans magazines of greater than 15 round capacity, which encompasses...

Nick Sortor@nicksortor·9h🚨 LMAO! Democrats are throwing a FIT as pro-gun activists are outside the Virginia State Capitol handing out free 30-ROUND AR-15 mags to folks, as the state government is about to BAN themTHIS is what patriotism looks like right here 🇺🇸🔥https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2032904275831996660

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jury deliberations have produced multiple guilty verdicts in an alleged July 4, 2025 "ambush" at an ICE detention center in Alvarado. Eight of nine defendants have been found guilty on federal charges of providing material support to terrorists, rioting, conspiracy to carry an explosive, and use and carrying of an explosive. The ninth defendant was found guilty of corruptly concealing a document and, along with another one of the defendants, conspiracy to conceal documents. Alleged protest leader Benjamin Song was found guilty of attempted murder of officers and employees of the U.S. The other defendants charged...

In the heart of America, on March 12, 2026, a chilling act of premeditated terror unfolded at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan—a Reform synagogue that doubles as a sanctuary for Jewish worship and an early childhood center for innocent toddlers and preschoolers. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a 41-year-old Arab, naturalized U.S. citizen from Lebanon living in Dearborn Heights, didn't just snap in a moment of grief. No, this was cold, calculated evil: he spent over $2,000 on commercial fireworks and possibly other flammables just two days prior, chatting casually with store staff as if picking up party supplies....

Get 'em while you still can! As Twitchy reported earlier this week, Virginia State Senator Saddam Azlin Salim, who immigrated to the United States less than two decades ago from Bangladesh, is doing his best to take away Americans' Second Amendment rights, introducing legislation that would ban the sale of "assault weapons" in Virginia, as well as magazines that hold more than 15 rounds. In response, a group of pro-Second Amendment activists set up shop outside the Virginia State Capitol and handed out free 30-round magazines. SNIP

A person was shot inside a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus on Saturday. PRT officials say the shooting happened just before 5 p.m. in a P1 bus near the Homewood Station along the East Busway.

Gun control advocates do not just oppose civilian gun ownership; they also argue that guns in the hands of police make people less safe. In January, a Border Patrol agent in Portland shot and wounded two Venezuelan nationals who belonged to the violent Tren de Aragua gang after they allegedly tried to run agents over with their vehicle. In response, Kris Brown, president of Brady United, tweeted the following: “We don’t know the details behind the shootings of 2 people by a Border Patrol agent in Portland. But I know one thing for certain: whether in the hands of federal...

A Texas fugitive who ... worked as a security guard for Rep. Jasmine Crockett was killed in a standoff with a Dallas SWAT team after barricading himself inside a vehicle at a children’s hospital parking garage. ...The source text says the man went by several aliases, including Mike King. He was wanted for impersonating a law enforcement officer.

My general sense of the Tyler Robinson defense team at this point is that they are doing everything they can think of to keep their client alive. Part of that has involved making absurd claims to the court in an effort to drag out this process as long as possible. The defense spent months arguing that the entire defense team needed to recuse itself because the daughter of one of the attorneys happened to be present in the crowd when Charlie Kirk was shot and killed. Last month judge Tony Graf finally said no to this dubious request.Robinson’s attorneys urged...

A man dressed in military-style clothing and carrying a holstered firearm entered Zwink Elementary School in Spring Tuesday, prompting a multi-agency investigation that led to a felony arrest, according to court documents and a letter from school officials. Kyle Najm Chris, also known as Muhi Mohanad Najm, 39, of Klein, was charged with possession of a prohibited weapon, a third-degree felony, which prohibits carrying weapons on school premises. The Harris County District Attorney accepted the charges, and Chris was arrested at around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. According to the criminal complaint, Chris entered the front office of Zwink Elementary, which is...

Michigan authorities responded to reports of an active shooter at a Jewish temple outside Detroit on Thursday. FBI Director Kash Patel said there was a vehicle ramming and an active-shooter situation at the temple. Temple Israel is a Reform Jewish synagogue in West Bloomfield Township about 20 miles northwest of Detroit. Authorities haven’t said if anyone was injured or killed. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she was tracking the incident. “This is heartbreaking,” she said. “Michigan’s Jewish community should be able to live and practice their faith in peace.” The Jewish Federation of Detroit said its Jewish agencies were in...

Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, was US-Lebanese national; source tells NBC he was questioned on potential terror ties upon his return from overseas trips; CBS says brothers were in rocket unit. By ToI Staff, Leon Kraiem and Agencies Mar 13, 2026 ... the synagogue attacker had been questioned on the matter on a number of occasions upon his return from overseas trips.

The Old Dominion University shooter was serving a long jail sentence for providing material support to ISIS, but was released early, thanks to Joe Biden. How did he get a gun to carry out this attack? Not that criminals follow the law, but we know how Mohamed Jalloh obtained a firearm for this terrorist attack that left a decorated war hero, Lt. Col. Robert Shah, who was also the head of the school’s ROTC program, dead (via Associated Press):The man charged by DOJ for selling the gun used by the ODU terrorist was caught straw purchasing three guns in 2021...

NORFOLK, Va. -- The Justice Department on Friday charged a man who authorities say sold a gun to the Old Dominion University shooter despite the gunman's previous conviction in a terrorism case. Kenya Chapman is facing federal charges in connection to the sale of the weapon to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former Army National Guard member who yelled "Allahu akbar" before he opened fire in a classroom at the Virginia school on Thursday, according to authorities. One person was killed and two others were injured in the shooting. Jalloh was barred from possessing a gun given a previous felony conviction...