Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building

The Department of Homeland Security and the US Patriot Act where created and passed as a direct result of the terrorist attacks orchestrated on September 11, 2001. As a package, both work to preserve life and liberty to citizens of the United States, whether in the homeland or abroad. Therefore, the Department of Homeland Security, while utilizing the US Patriot Act, has partnered with local law enforcement in order to be on the front lines of detecting and preventing homeland terrorism. The…

Oklahoma City bombing. “Timothy McVeigh drove a rental truck to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and parked it outside. The vehicle contained a 4,000-pound bomb made of fertilizer, diesel and racing fuel. It went off shortly after 9 a.m., a time when most people had already arrived for work. The results of the blast were catastrophic -- 168 people died, including 19 children who attended school at a daycare center in the building, and hundreds of others were injured.”(terry). Unlike Harris…

The impact of international terrorism affects the authorities and public because the organizations are harder to track because of their small cells that operate inside the U.S. The intentions of the terrorist is to hurt citizens from the U.S. and building associated with the U.S. Attacks on U.S. targets shows that terrorist could strike anywhere at any time. The Boston Marathon bombing is an example of attacks that took place the motive of the attack was unclear because of the attackers were…

Evidence of the misuses and dangers of ammonium nitrate can be shown through the event of the Oklahoma City Bombing which took place outside the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in 1995. Approximately 500 people were injured in the explosion with 168 people killed, including 19 children from the nearby daycare center and the site was considered unsafe for almost a month (The Oklahoma City Bombing, 2014). The…

Schools, in this country, are trying to create a criminal-free zone, but there is one problem with this. Once the murderer enters the building, they feels a sense of immortality, and this is where a criminal-free zone does not work. Some schools, around the country, are beginning to train their teachers and staff as armed guard (Bidwell). Instead of these unconventional ways, safety experts…