DHS S Response to Domestic Terrorism

Navy Yard Shooting and Domestic Tourism In September 2013, suspected gunshots at the Washington Navy Yard attracted a serious reaction from the law enforcement. Aaron Alexis is shown to have entered the building with a disassembled gun. He later assembled and begun shooting and killing people in the fourth, third, and second floor of the building. He later used the gun of the building's security officer after killing him. He killed twelve people while eight had non-fatal injuries (Webster & Vernick, 2013).

When a 911 call was made, various agencies including the Homeland Security, ATF, FBI, U.S. Park Police and the Metropolitan Police Department responded. Causes Over the years, researchers have invested adequate time and resources, studying violent video games. According to evidence from meta-analysis studies, violent video games have a causal relationship with violent behavior in some individuals like the Naval Yard shooter, Aaron Alexis. The cause of the shooting was partly because of violent video games (Webster & Vernick, 2013).

Alexis had a mental problem and was an addict of violent video games. In this case, he was known to be an addict of violent video games. His friends explain his sitting on the front of aggressive shooting games for any number of hours at a stretch. It came to be known that Alexis also had a mental disease. Research highlights a direct causal link between aggression and violent video games, particularly among people with mental illness.

An examination of the wealth of data and evidence available on violent video games renders it abundantly clear that the Navy Yard Shooting was precipitated by the shooter's mental illness combined with his addiction to violent video games (Webster & Vernick, 2013). Probably, the shooting would most likely not have taken place had Alexis not ever played violent video games. Effects The massacre of twelve people in a mass shooting at the Washington Navy inflicted a national trauma, prompting a fierce and emotional debate on gun control.

This test of the national psyche led to a new call for tougher gun control. Alexis had acquired an uncontroversial shotgun from a legit, licensed dealer. Moreover, he exposed himself to a government background check. This purchase was like any other one and could have been made legally in France or England. Since the incident, President Obama and some Senators pushed through Congress a gun control provision, which imposes a ban on assault weapons (Webster & Vernick, 2013).

Similarly, this provision limits the size of magazines and requires that background check is carried out before all private sales. The Navy Yard shooting serves a valid case for a stronger push on mental health. Before the shooting, Alexis had visited two Veterans Administration hospitals for mental problems and had presented signs of mental illness. From his father's statement, Alexis was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder following the September 9/11 rescue efforts.

Since the Navy Yard shooting, mental health project became the centerpiece of the reinvigoration and renewal of the attempts to stop gun violence. There exists abundant evidence pointing that the Navy Yard Shooting was precipitated by the shooter's mental illness combined with his addiction to violent video games. Probably, the shooting would most likely not have taken place had Alexis not ever played violent video games.

As such, a mental health aspect may have played some role the gun violence legislation to ensure that people with a history of a mental issue should not purchase a gun. Domestic Terrorism Investigators have termed the Washington Naval Yard shooting an act of domestic terrorism. This incident serves as a reminder that regardless of the severe, decade-long concentration the Jihadist threat, still, domestic terrorism remains an issue in America. In the Washington Navy Yard shooting, Aron Alexis shot dead twelve individuals and injured three more in a mass shooting.

The attack started at around 8 am at the Navy Yard's facility 197. In the history of the U.S. military base, the Navy shooting remains the most second-deadliest murder after the 2009 Fort Hood shooting (Webster & Vernick, 2013). Threat to Homeland Security The attack posed a new threat to the Homeland Security and the FBI departments who responded by issuing a joint bulletin alerting law enforcement bodies of the heightened risk of a terror attack. The circular was sent to roughly 20,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide.

Homeland Security and the FBI acknowledged that they were on high alert following the incident. This indicated that they would quickly respond to any possible threat more closely linked to the shooting. To dig deeper in this threat, the Navy initiated.