Why are terror attacks dividing the United States instead of bringing us together? The latest terror attacks in Orlando, Florida killed thirty-nine and wounded fifty-three, most of who were members of the LGBT community. The attack was carried out by a citizen of the United States of Arab descent. The man pledge alliance to a terrorist organization on several 911 calls made before the attacks. The executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government responded in different ways. Early Sunday morning, June 12, 2916 in Orlando, Florida a terrorist shot and killed forty-nine people and wounded fifty-three. The people were gathered at a night club and many were members of LGBT community. There was an immediate reaction from the …show more content…
He follows several guiding principles which include strengthen our defenses, to improve information sharing with other counties, and to maintain control of our borders. He assures the American people that we are watching certain people who face connections to terrorist organizations, both in the United States and worldwide. During his speak after the Orlando attack; Mr. Obama spoke about the LGBT community again, saying we will protect all Americans. The president’s words affect all Americans, as does the actions of the other branches of the United States government. Congress, is still dead locked on locked on gun laws, especially the type of rifle used in Orlando an AK assault …show more content…
Attorney General Lynch will lead the investments of the attack and promises to make America a “safe” place for all people. She encouraged the crowed gathered for United State of Women Summit to remember the victims as citizens. She also emphasized that the club where the incident happen was a safe place for LGBT young people to gather. Speaking directly to the LGBT community to pledge that the Judicial Branch of the government would continue to support the rights of all Americans, to marry and to live a safe and productive
Our nation seems as if it is in a constant battle between freedom and safety. Freedom and security are two integral parts that keep our nation running smoothly, yet they are often seen conflicting with one another. “Tragedies such as Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and the Boston Marathon bombings may invoke feelings of patriotism and a call for unity, but the nation also becomes divided, and vulnerable populations become targets,” (Wootton 1). “After each attack a different group or population would become targets. “The attack on Pearl Harbor notoriously lead to Japanese Americans being imprisoned in internment camps, the attacks on 9/11 sparked hate crimes against those who appeared to be Muslim or Middle Eastern,” (Wootton 1). Often times people wind up taking sides, whether it be for personal freedoms or for national security, and as a nation trying to recover from these disasters we should be leaning on each other for support. Due to these past events the government has launched a series of antiterrorist measures – from ethnic profiling to going through your personal e-mail (Begley 1). Although there are times when personal freedoms are sacrificed for the safety of others, under certain circumstances the government could be doing more harm than good.
Many people claim that the violence happenes not because of sexual orientation, but because it is just an act to be committed. According to the Human Rights Campaign, crimes against homosexual people resulted in four deaths in 1998 alone. James Ward, a thirty-seven year old male from Arkansas, was stabbed to death in his own home by eighteen year old Jeremy Legit. Legit claimed that Ward made two sexual advances toward him. He was sentenced to twenty years. In Honolulu, a man was beaten to death by a group of teenagers in a public shower because they believed he was gay. They were sentenced to five years in custody. In September, a transgender female was stabbed repeatedly with a broken beer bottle and set on fire. Christopher Lopez and Christopher Chavez spent five months in jail before all charges were dropped by the Fresno Police Department. On October 12, 1998 Matthew Shepard, an openly gay student at the University of Wyoming was beaten, tormented, tied to a fence, and left to die in freezing temperatures. The two men were sentenced to life in jail, only after the media had covered the trial and the whole world knew of the att...
Following 9/11 individuals who have ties to the Middle East have been scrutinized. “Muslims have endured alarming rates of prejudice, discrimination, and hate crimes.”(Amer&Bagarsa,2013). According to Amer hate crimes against Muslim Americans have significantly increased since 9/11 to the point of being “the most prevalent hate crime taking place on American soil.” (Amer&Bagarsa,2013). “The racialization of an ‘Arab-Middle Eastern-Muslim’ Other has been constituted by a dual process of cultural racism and the racialization of national origin… This solidified the racial
Timothy McVeigh proved that acts of terrorism can happen on United States soil by citizens. His actions resulted in crippling amounts of fear. However, those very same actions also brought people of Oklahoma and of this nation together as one. There were great amounts of sorrow as jobs, buildings, and loved ones were lost but these people chose to fight. Just as the bombing memorial’s mission statement reads, these people also fought for “comfort, strength, peace, hope and serenity” amongst the chaos. Timothy McVeigh’s actions resulted in the destruction of the Alfred P. Murrah building, and the lives of people for many years following the event, but he failed to destroy love amongst strangers and the Oklahoma
Our country has always believed in a citizens right to own a gun. It is a principle that is so important to our country, that it is listed as the second of twenty-seven constitutional amendments. Gun control is a subject of great controversy that carries many true and false claims. Many people believe our second amendment rights are being attacked, and that the government wants to take our guns away. It is my belief that Obama does not want to take our guns, but future administrations may use laws made today to do just that in the future. As more gun related tragedies occur in our country, the question has become "How can we reduce gun violence in our county?", as opposed to "How can we take the peoples' guns away?", but are the laws that the Obama administration are attempting to make paving the way for Americans being disarmed in the future? In this paper, I hope to help the reader realize that Obama does not want to take our guns, but the actions we are taking now may not be the best decisions for the present or the future.
Paul Light (as cited by Marion & Oliver, 2012) describes the president’s agenda as one that is constantly changing and an indicator of what the President believes to be the most important issues that his administration is facing. President Obama’s initial crime policy was focused on drug control and
More than a year and a half ago, on September 11, 2001, a group of terrorists from the al Qaeda network hijacked four airliners and successfully used three of them to attack the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the World Trade Center in New York. These attacks marked the first time in American history that a full-scale attack was executed on our own soil, and they affected the American people on a number of different levels. Americans found themselves shocked that such an event could occur, as well as reeling with grief for the more than 3,000 people who died in the tragedy. Soon, the shock and grief that penetrated the hearts of the American people gave way, in part, to a sense of national pride. American flags waved from every overpass, and “God Bless America” could be heard on every r...
In June of 2016, the deadliest mass shooting in the United States happens at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. In the aftermath of Sunday morning when covering the shooting, News 13 a local news channel from Orlando used pathos in their news to create fear about terrorism to the audience. On the other hand, The New York Times used eyewitness videos and expert interviews to appeal logic.
These days, America is filled with those people who disagree with our system of government. Most times, these people suffer silently, expressing their opinions through their votes, or within the discussions that they hold in their own private homes. When these people act upon this anger, and their disagreement, the feelings are brought beyond the point of normal behavior to vigilantism and violence. This animosity, when pushed to these limits, often results in tragedy, a tragedy that we call domestic terrorism.
It’s undeniably aggravating and sorrowful that this constantly occurs, and that President Obama’s constantly getting push back by the NRA and Congress. The idea that those against gun control continue to argue that more guns will make us safer when, in actuality, that just adds more guns to the equation. At the same time, he speaks to gun owners in a way to not make them feel like he’s patronizing to them, but suggesting that the NRA perhaps is not speaking with their interests in mind. Yet, the most pressing notion of this article is President Obama continues a message of change throughout his speech. That, while the NRA and Congress continue to not negotiate well with him, change will
The gun control controversy has been going on for many years now in the United States. Gun Control is an action that would make it harder for people to obtain a gun. President Obama read a speech on gun control, which was given and published on January 16, 2013 at the White House in Washington DC. He delivered the speech because of the shootings in Aurora, Colorado and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Twelve adults were killed in Colorado and 20 children and six adults were killed in Sandy Hook Elementary School. His primary audience was Congress and his secondary audience was the citizens of the United States of America and republicans as some were against that proposed law. President Obama used the rhetorical strategies
One day in May 1988, Rebecca Wight and Claudia Brenner were backpacking on the Appalachian Trail in south central Pennsylvania. Claudia was thirty-one, and Rebecca was twenty-eight. Along the trail, they encountered a stranger who tried to involve them in conversation. Suddenly, the quiet of the afternoon was shattered by gunfire. Claudia was hit in the arm, neck, and face. Rebecca struck in the back and head; the shot in her back exploded her liver and killed her. The stranger, Stephen Roy Carr, shot them because they were lesbians (Oliver 8). There were laws against this of course. However, unfortunately for people who identify as homosexual, not many of these laws were followed for the reason that discrimination against gay people was clearly evident in America. When this incident happened, a social movement was well under way. This movement, of course, was the gay rights movement. One of the earlier accomplishments of the movement was in 1951, when the First National Gay Origination was founded. Yet, during the 1950s, it would have been immensely illegal and dangerous to register any kind of pro-gay organizations (Head). The gay rights movement continues to create and achieve goals even today. Many people did not support the movement; however, fortunately the gay rights movement had many followers from homosexual to straight people all over the country. Some memorable leaders would be Kathy Kozachenko, first openly gay women elected into politics, and Harvey Milk, first openly gay man elected into politics. In 1977 Harvey Milk won a seat in the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. It was there that Milk delivers a famous and inspirational speech which would later be called the “Hope Speech”. The main idea to take away from th...
Therefore, the presidents are supposed to commit themselves to securing the homelandagainst the increasing threats of the 21st century. Besides, they are expected to prepare and plan for emergencies as well as investing quick response and recovery if a terroristattack occurs. The United States presidents are committed to ensuring that the nation is faithful to their ideals and values at the same time protecting American people.The head of state provides that the central government (Federal government) collaborates with the local states and the private organizations in the objective of prevention, mitigation and also responseto the attacks (Homeland Security, 2012). The attacks of September 2001 in America triggered amendment of security bill in 2002 called the Homeland Security Act 2002. This bill was ascent into law by the then President, George W. Bush.The manner in which George W. Bush and Hussein Obama approached the Homeland security issue is different. This partly forms the basis of the difference in leadership styles between these two
If restrictions on gun use, as well as safety plans for schools, are not implemented now, the amount of violence will go nowhere but up. Just this year there have been 11 school shootings (“School Shootings”). By applying Obama’s plan nationwide, the amount of school violence, as well as gun violence, will be decreased. With increased security in schools, and on the streets, greater mental health care provided to students and society, as well as a greater restriction on purchasing guns, Obama’s plan is sure to keep guns out of schools as well as the hands of criminals.
The Orlando Shooting, the tragic event when an ISIS member shot and killed many people at a gay nightclub. A security guard named Omar Mateen, who had pledged allegiance to a terrorist group called ISIS, had entered the night club and opened fired on the people in the club. By the end of the shooting, forty-nine people had lost their lives and fifty-three people were injured. The whole country was shocked and upset about the event that took place on June 12th, 2016. As our nation 's President, Barack Obama had to reassure the country that they would do everything in their power to help the victims, the families of the victims and everyone else. He would do everything in his power to make sure