Armed Citizen Saves Philly Cop from Mob

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guns, RKBA, self defense

Link: http://www.theburningplatform.com/2016/02/11/feral-dogs-loose-in-upper-darby/

Police are crediting a vigilant gun owner with saving the life of an Upper Darby cop Friday after he saw the officer being attacked and surrounded by a large group of teens.

Police are crediting a vigilant gun owner with saving the life of an Upper Darby cop Friday after he saw the officer being attacked and surrounded by a large group of teens.

“There were 40 kids. If it wasn’t for the good Samaritan stepping forward, he’d have been dead meat,” Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said. “There’s no doubt they would have attacked him.”

Once again the presence of an armed citizen with a gun saved lives. No shots fired.

Good News for Us Seniors: Study Shows Rate of Dementia Declining

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dementia, health

Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160211082311.htm

Despite the concern of an explosion of dementia cases in an aging population over the next few decades, a new study, based on data from the Framingham Heart Study (FHS), suggests that the rate of new cases of dementia actually may be decreasing.

These findings, which appear in the New England Journal of Medicine, provide hope that some cases of dementia might be preventable or delayed and encourages funding agencies and the scientific community to further explore demographic, lifestyle and environmental factors underlying this positive trend.

The study says that while the number of folks with dementia is increasing due to the increasing number of over-65 people in the population, the percentage of these with dementia is going down.

The primary reason appears to be improved cardiac health, mostly from less tobacco smoking.