This was legitimized as a way to protect the country from further invasions – which the French were constantly threatening to do.
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Julia Gaffield,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
Two families were targeted in separate armed home invasions in Philadelphia this weekend, authorities said, and the search is on for the suspects in both cases.
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