Many liberals are known for being soft on terrorism. They believe that attempting to prevent terrorism is racist and bigoted. As a result, they choose to risk the lives of others rather than detain dangerous people. Because of this, potential terrorists are let back out onto the streets.

For example, a man recently called the police for help because two men were threatening him in a parking lot. When police searched their car, they found bomb-making supplies and a massive amount of weapons. Although both were initially arrested, police ended up releasing one of the suspects, putting innocent people’s lives in danger.

According to reports, two Muslim men, Abdullah N. Alrifahe and Majid N. Alrifahe, were both arrested after police discovered a stockpile of weapons in their car. Officers charged Abdullah with a felony for the weapons and cited his brother for disorderly conduct, a low-level misdemeanor. Since Majid’s charge was a misdemeanor, police officers decided to release him from custody.

Law enforcement officials came across the Muslim men while responding to a call for help by a concerned citizen who claimed the two brothers were threatening him. He explained to officers that he witnessed them throw trash out of their car so he approached and told them to pick up their trash, which they ignored.

Frustrated, he began writing down their license plate number with the hopes of turning them into police. The men in the car saw him doing this, got out, told him they were armed with guns and began shouting at him. Unsurprisingly, this led him to reach out to police. When they arrived, they detained the two men, who were brothers and searched their car, where they found a cache of guns and bomb-making supplies.

The arsenal that the two possible terrorists had was staggering. Inside their vehicle, officers found a handgun, a loaded AK-47, a second rifle, lots of ammunition, cell phones, computers, drone parts, and bomb-making supplies. After making this discovery, they took both brothers into custody.

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Given what was recovered by police, it’s obvious that setting Majid free was a huge mistake. He is clearly a threat to the public and should remain behind bars with his brother. Failing to do so could get people killed.

To make things worse, the two men appear to be living in housing that’s subsidized by taxpayers. Specifically, when asked by officers, the address they gave was associated with a public housing building. This means that our taxes are essentially covering dangerous people’s cost of living while they prepare to attack.

Conservatives must not allow this to continue. Republican lawmakers need to push to make sure that potential terrorists don’t receive taxpayer money. On top of that, they should work to pass laws making it easier to detain potential terrorist suspects. This is because many of the most recent attacks have been perpetrated by people who police considered to be radical extremists and potential terrorists.

For instance, earlier this year, French police officers were attacked by a jihadist armed with an automatic rifle despite the fact that the gunman had been under investigation by anti-terrorist officers. Unfortunately, he was not the only European extremist to slip through the cracks this year. A month prior, Khalid Masood, a radicalized Muslim who had also been under investigation but was dismissed as a “peripheral figure,” drove a car along a crowded sidewalk in London, killing 4. Salman Abedi, the suicide bomber who targeted the Ariana Grande concert in the UK, was also dismissed by authorities because they “did not believe he posed an immediate threat.” Clearly, they were wrong.

We need to learn from the mistakes of Europe and crack down on potential terrorists in our country. It’s simply not worth the risk. It’s better to inconvenience a few to save countless others. Jihadists must not be given the opportunity to kill people on our soil.