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In 2019 the FBI received, investigated, and eventually closed an investigation into a tip on the gunman who opened fire inside Indiana’s Greenwood Mall on July 17, 2022. Breitbart News reported the gunman exited a bathroom near the mall’s food court and began firing at innocents. Greenwood Police Chief James Ison noted that 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken pulled a concealed carry handgun, opened fire on the mall shooter, and “neutralized” him just 15 seconds after the attack began. The attacker was able to kill three innocents during the 15 second-duration of the attack.

The FBI is conducting three times as many domestic terrorism investigations than it was five years ago, with 70 percent of its open cases focused on "civil unrest" and anti-government activity, according to FBI documents and government specialists. The Bureau has also quietly changed the general classification of white supremacy, antisemitism, abortion-, and anti-LGBTQI+-related extremism to "hate crimes" rather than "terrorism." Since terrorism remains the top national security priority, this has lowered the visibility and resources dedicated to those issues. The FBI considers all violent acts (and threats of violence) with a political motive to be terrorism, a senior government...