Domestic Terrorism Research Paper

BANG! BANG! BANG! Gunshots echo out a terrifying noise heard by far too many Americans in the growing epidemic of mass shootings. When people think of terrorism, some of the worst events in history come to mind, such as September 11th, or the sarin attack on the subways of Tokyo. Still far too many people seem to overlook the most common type of terrorism, the type of terror that anyone could cause, your parents, your siblings, your neighbor, or even a classmate. Domestic terror is a growing trend, due to easy access to extremist ideas through the internet, along with peoples blind eye towards the situation. We must act now to stop it from occurring. Social media helps to bring social issues to the front of people's attention, meaning groups

“Between 2002 and 2005, twenty-four terrorist incidents occurred in the United States. Of these, domestic terrorists conducted twenty-three.”(Domestic Terrorism, Gale) Americans always try to pin the blame of terrorism on extremist groups in other countries, but that is unfortunately not the true case. A man by the name of “Andrew Joseph Stack, flew his small, single-engine plane into an office building that housed several federal government agencies in Austin, Texas.” (Introduction to Domestic Terrorism, Gale) His attack caused one fatality along with injuring several others. All of this happened because he felt he received unfair treatment, due to that he went on an anti-government vendetta. A more recent incident is the Orlando shooting, where many people still cannot grasp why a man fired killing forty-nine people, along with injured fifty-three more. The attack shocked America showing citizens that a shooting (domestic terrorism) can happen at any point. That was the deadliest mass shooting in American history, America wept for Orlando, unbeknownst to them that the death toll of this attack would be topped such a short time later in Las Vegas, where once more America

Foreign infiltrators are poisoning the minds of our citizens brainwashing them to turn against their own country, “Yet today, as Anwar al-Awlaki, the American born cleric who became a leader in Al-Qaeda,” (Terrorism in America. Who are the Terrorists? Pt. 2) Subsequent to 9/11, there has been more bloodshed, shootings, and high speed bombings, piercing the flesh of victims. The rise of the belief to“exterminate all infidels” has been caused by warped videos and speeches that creep into your mind like parasites groveling into your brain. This has been overlooked for far too long, so now we are putting this realization out