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The Orlando area continues to lock down its rank as the most dangerous place in the nation for pedestrians. “Still number one,” said Rayla Bellis, primary author of the 2021 Dangerous By Design report that analyzes the nation’s pedestrian deaths and compares statistics of metro areas and states. Orlando and a few other cities had slightly better numbers in the new report than in one two years ago. “These places were so dangerous to begin with that even seeing these improvements, they are still rising to the top,” Bellis said. The report by the pedestrian-safety advocacy groups Smart Growth America...

To the editor, When will the educrats and activist judges learn that THEY, not guns, put young folk in harm’s way? When “gun free school zones” were created, huge targets were painted on every child and young adult that goes to public school or attends our universities. In some places, since Gun Free School Zones Act took effect persons intent on mayhem have murdered innocent students and teachers. Because of the law, children died, with nobody prepared and able to defend them. The proof is written in blood; since the law took effect 1/29/1991, and reported through 2010, here in...