“The people are the only legitimate fountain of power.”
– James Madison
October 15, 2026
No charges for man who shot attacker inside Valdosta Dollar General
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) — One man is facing charges and another is not in a shooting that happened at Dollar General in Valdosta on Oct. 1.
According to the Valdosta Police Department, on Oct. 1 just before 5 p.m., someone called 911 to report a man was beating a woman at the Dollar General in the 2100 block of Bemiss Road. As officers were responding to the store, the caller told dispatchers someone had been shot.
When officers got there, they were given a description of the shooter, who they found standing in the parking lot of the store. They detained the 28-year-old man without incident.
Police say officers went inside the store and found Tevin Jay Love, 32, being held down by another person. Love had been shot in the torso, police say. Officers provided medical care to Love until paramedics arrived to take him to the hospital.
Officers then found the woman Love had reportedly attacked. Officers noted injuries to her head. She was also taken to the hospital for treatment.
During the investigation, officers determined the woman was inside the Dollar General shopping with her teenage daughter when Love went into the store and immediately started hitting her. Police say the woman was Love’s girlfriend. As the woman fell to the ground, Love continued to attack her, police say. The woman’s daughter tried to stop Love, and Love also hit her, according to the report.
Meanwhile, the 28-year-old man was shopping in the store when he saw and heard the attack, police say. The man pulled out his gun and tried to stop Love from attacking the woman. Police say the woman was able to get away and run out of the store. As the man tried to hold Love at gunpoint, Love reportedly charged at the man and began to hit him too. that’s when the man fired once, hitting Love.
Police say Love was released from the hospital Friday, Oct. 9 and taken to the Lowndes County Jail. He’s charged with terroristic threats, aggravated assault, simple battery, and simple assault.
The shooter will not face any charges, police say.
“This citizen observed a female getting viciously beaten by the offender, and he took action to stop the physical assault against her, even putting his life in danger,” said Chief Leslie Manahan. “Because of his quick actions, the assault against the female stopped, preventing her from receiving more violent injuries.”
SAF FACT SHEET REFUTES ANTI-GUN RHETORIC AND PREDICTIONS
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Oct.13, 2026 — The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has compiled a new fact sheet refuting 85 documented claims from anti-gun groups, advocates and public officials who stated pro-Second Amendment court rulings and reforms would produce more shootings, more deaths and immediate surges in violence.
FBI data and other sources instead show three consecutive years of declining murder rates (-9.1% in 2023, -13.7% in 2024, and -18.1% in 2025), the largest one-year drop in violent crime on record in 2025, and a 2026 trajectory that would put the national murder rate at a modern low of roughly 3.2 per 100,000 based on data through July. The sheet also links all 85 predictions researched and the underlying crime data for transparency.
“After Bruen, after Cargill, after permitless carry, after every other expansion of the right to keep and bear arms, the same organizations and officials predicted more death,” said SAF Director of Legal Research and Education and fact sheet author Kostas Moros. “They were not even close, yet the mainstream media continues to quote these sources without checking the facts, which directly contradict the predictions from gun-control advocates. The fact sheet even puts the predictions and the FBI numbers side-by-side, so no one has to take our word for it, the facts are readily accessible in the document.”
Titled The Bloodbath That Never Came, the fact sheet covers predictions issued after New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen (2022), Garland v. Cargill (the bump-stock decision), the spread of permitless or “constitutional” carry, the elimination of the National Firearms Act tax on certain arms and recent Department of Justice and ATF actions. In each case, groups including Brady, Everytown, Giffords and March For Our Lives, along with elected officials, warned of bloodshed.
“Mainstream news coverage continues to quote anti-gun predictions of imminent violence without mentioning the unbroken record of prior claims that failed,” said SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut. “We hope this research provides a unique resource to anyone looking for the researched numbers instead of relying on the same anti-gun rhetoric we see and hear on the news after every pro-Second Amendment ruling or reform.” You can view the fact sheet in its entirety here.
or here, for that matter:
Ruger Announcement Ignites Angst, Speculation: What We Know
By Dave Workman
Editor-in-Chief
The announcement by Ruger that it was suspending production of certain popular models including the legendary Blackhawk and Redhawk revolvers, and the iconic No. 1 single-shot rifle has ignited a wave of speculation, some misinformation, lots of hand-wringing and no small amount of unjustified doom-and-gloom.
TGM reached out to Ruger and learned, “To clarify, we are suspending production of certain products and completing final production runs of others. This does not necessarily mean these product families are permanently discontinued.”
This is important, as Ruger notes in its message to distributors, “Throughout our history, we have temporarily paused production of established product families, including the 77-series rifles, the 22 Charger and the SR1911 pistol, as market conditions and manufacturing priorities changed.” (Emphasis added)
While the announcement has ignited the typical rumor and speculation mill, here are the facts as spelled out in the “Distributor Update.”
- Ruger is suspending production, effectively immediately, of the LCR, Ruger SP 101, GP100 and Bearcat revolvers.
- Final production through the end of this year “will continue through planned final production runs over the remainder of 2026. This applies to the following models: SR1911, LC Carbine, / PC Charger, PC Carbine / LC Charger, Redhawk, Super Redhawk, Blackhawk, Super Blackhawk. Single-Series revolvers, Vaquero, No. 1, 77-series rifles, Hawkeye and Ruger Precision Rifle.
- “Suspending production does not necessarily mean saying goodbye to these product families,” the Distribution Update says.
As noted in the Ruger message, “In many cases, we believe there are opportunities to bring important Ruger platforms forward through new designs, improved features, modern manufacturing methods and meaningful innovation.”
Most importantly the note to distributors says this: “We expect many of these names and product families to return in new forms in the months and years ahead.”
As author Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) was once quoted, “The report of my death was an exaggeration.”
Founded by the late William B. Ruger and Alexander M. Sturm in 1949, Sturm, Ruger & Company has become a giant in the firearms industry, domestically and internationally. It has been publicly traded since 1969, which is significant because the company has shareholders.
The notice to distributors notes, “Product line rationalization does not simply mean reducing the number of products we manufacture. It means continuously evaluating our portfolio against current consumer demand, evolving market preferences, manufacturing complexity, opportunities for modernization and innovation, and he long-term profitability of each product family. This allows us to focus our resources on the products consumers want most today while creating the capacity to develop the products they will want tomorrow.”
“It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men.”
– Samuel Adams
October 14, 2026
Man shot, killed during attempted robbery in Tuscaloosa
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) – A man is facing murder charges in Tuscaloosa after an attempted robbery turned deadly Saturday night.
Tuscaloosa Police said they were informed of a shooting victim being taken to DCH Regional Medical Center at around 7:30 p.m.
Investigators learned the shooting happened in the parking lot of Magnolia Apartments at 5621 Highway 69 South where they processed scene and spoke with witnesses.
Police said Kurtae’vious Earl Tyson, 22, of Oxford, and Daronte Collins, 22, of Oxford, attempted to rob a 25-year-old Tuscaloosa man. Shots were fired during the incident, leading to Tyson being shot and critically injured.
He later died from his injuries.
Daronte Collins has been charged in connection with the shooting death of Kurtae’vious Earl Tyson
Collins was charged with felony murder, first-degree robbery, attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle. He is being held in the Tuscaloosa County Jail without bond.
If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim.
– Jeff Cooper
October 13, 2026
Lynnwood, WA jewelry store owner shoots at suspects during attempted robbery
Lynnwood police responded to a reported armed robbery with shots fired at 12:26 p.m. at 6501 196th Street Southwest.
There, officers found a pickup truck rammed into the front entrance of Medina Jewelers, where multiple armed suspects tried to rob the store.
Surveillance video captured the suspects driving three vehicles in circles around the parking lot. Then, the truck barrels into the store, sending glass flying and store employees running.
A group of masked suspects jumped from the other cars and ran inside through a gap in the glass, with one holding what looked like an axe.
The store owner then grabbed his gun and fired shots at the group, sending them running without taking anything. The suspect driving the truck then gets out, appearing hunched over while waiting for the getaway car.
Police said it’s unknown if any of the suspects were struck by gunfire.
What they’re saying:
“Oh my God, it sounded like a total crash,” said Julie Baumgartner, a neighbor. Baumgartner was watching a movie next door in her apartment when the robbers struck.
“I mean glass breaking loudly, very loudly, that’s what made me look out my living room window right away and I saw the truck inside the jewelry store,” she said.
Police are searching for the cars the suspects fled in: a black BMW SUV and a silver Toyota or Infiniti sedan. Police said the black BMW struck a parked vehicle while fleeing and may have visible damage to the front passenger side.
“It was broad daylight and a pretty rare occurrence for us,” said Commander Joe Dickinson with Lynnwood Police.
Dickenson said they’re still working to learn if the suspects had a gun, and says it’s fortunate that no employees of the jewelry store were hurt.
“You had several witnesses that were out and about, several pedestrians walking around, all of a sudden a car crashing into a building and shots ringing out is cause for alarm,” said Dickinson.
“It’s just sad, because they’re just really nice people,” said Baumgartner. “I’m glad there wasn’t any customers in there that got hurt, because they would have, the way the truck went into the building.”
Deconstructionism, Class Warfare, and Islamic Terrorism.
Many in the West express concerns about the tenets of Islam in general, and Islamic terrorism in particular. Is Islam philosophically compatible with rule of law and equality under the law, and with peaceful coexistence between Muslim and non-Muslim societies? Why do different Muslim groups answer this question differently?
To the modern left these questions have no place in civil discourse. Why?
Addressing the first question seems straightforward: examine the Koran and Hadiths to discern what they say on the related issues. But this assumes that texts have meaning that remains constant over time. To leftists, religions and other institutions evolve, and their respective scriptures do not present obstacles because language also evolves. Recent changes within the Christian churches are regarded as evidence of this viewpoint. It doesn’t matter what Islamic writings say, because they will adapt to the march of history, which progresses in one direction. The Age of Aquarius is inevitable, and like the colossal ship in Spaceballs it brakes for nobody.
The second question assumes that differences over religious interpretation explain why some Muslims condone and/or conduct unprovoked attacks against the non-Muslim world and others do not, and how such factors as culture and history shape these differences. This line of inquiry runs afoul of politically correct notions of class. Entire classes are inherently at war with one another even if many of their members aren’t actively participating. Classes are either victim or oppressor, nothing in between. Conflicts between the two originate differently, depending on the instigator’s identity.
Conflict originating from a victim class is triggered by factors external to that class. Muslims are a victim class, therefore jihadist attacks are not unprovoked, they are reactions to the conduct of members of oppressor classes, mostly Westerners.
On the flip side, conflict originating from an oppressor class is triggered by structural failures permeating that class for which all members are responsible. The big glowing neon Exhibit A is the academic treatment of white people, as illustrated by this typical instructional material
If one assumes class warfare to exist and defines its factions as described in the above paragraphs, the only possible resolution is unconditional surrender on the part of the oppressor class – its structural failures must be destroyed. In the case of Marxism, this involves eliminating private ownership of property, without which nobody can individually own means of production and therefore the bourgeoisie can no longer exist as a class. One would think that the leftist solution to racial conflict is to eliminate all the characteristics that the learned lefty academics associate with “whiteness.” Citing another Instapundit article, the National Museum of African American History and Culture composed a useful list a few years ago; I’m not sure what that outfit would replace those qualities with. Leftists likewise place sole burden on Western appeasement to resolve Western conflicts with Muslims and other non-Western groups.
Jihadists also think in terms of class warfare, but they define the classes and the victory conditions differently, and Western appeaseniks refuse to pay attention.
