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1 Unit III Assignment: Wisconsin Sikh Temple Shooting Jennika Jones Department of Homeland Security HLS 6302: Homeland Security October 23, 2023

2 Introduction On August 5,2012, Wade Michael Page (40-year-old white power musician), committed an act of terrorism. The mass shooting took place at the gurdwara (Sikh temple), in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Wade Michael Page fatally shot and killed six people, while injuring four others. The seventh person who was shot, died from his wounds in 2020. This terrorist attack occurred 16 days after a gunman killed 12 people and wounded scores in a Colorado movie theater, reigniting the gun-control debate in the United States (CNN, 2012, August 7). The attack occurred on a Sunday around 10:30 a.m., while the temple members were reading scriptures and cooking their food in preparation for Sunday service and their community lunch. The Sikh temple has more than 350 members. Witnesses say Page started shooting in the parking lot and killed one person. Page then entered the temple and began firing. A police officer was wounded and was in critical condition. Page was later shot to death by the police who responded to the attack. “These kinds of terrible and tragic events are happening with too much regularity for us not do some soul-searching and examine additional ways that we can prevent” such violence, then-President Barack Obama told reporters when asked about the Wisconsin shooting at a White House bill-signing ceremony (CNN, 2012, August 7). Bernard Zapor, who is a special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special agent in the investigation of the terrorist act, stated that Wade illegally purchased the 9mm semiautomatic handgun with multiple ammunition magazines. Page purchased the 9mm handgun at a Shooters Shop in West Allis, Wisconsin and picked it up two days later. The suspect bought ammunition there and used the shop’s range at some point (CNN,

3 2012, August 7). Page has been linked to the white supremacist movement and the nephew of the slain president pf the Sikh temple. Page also had a tattoo of 9/11 on his arm. Preventing Future Attacks The United States can learn from this incident to mitigate future threats that may be similar by first evaluating past, present, and future soldiers. If Wisconsin mass murderer Wade Michael Page did indeed develop his extremist beliefs while serving in the U.S. Army – as the evidence strongly suggests – he wouldn’t be the first (Elias, 2012, pg. 30). It is believed that soldiers are becoming radicalized while in the military. For example, Timothy McVeigh, a veteran of the Gulf War and one of America’s most infamous domestic terrorists, became radicalized while in the military. McVeigh’s rage against the United States government led him on to bombing a federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995 where he killed 168 people. Countless veterans are diagnosed with a condition called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression, resulting from experiences they may have had in the military. Some veterans have a hard time adjusting to civilian life post war as well as the years to come. Helping these veterans adjust when they come home, is the key to stopping terrorists’ attacks. Our veterans deserve individualized support to help their transition. There are several resources that veterans can access post their military experience. On June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act. Also known as the G.I. Bill, the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act provided World War II veterans with the readjustment to civilian life, funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing (National Archives, 05/2022). Although the G.I. Bill had some advantages, it had disadvantages for black veterans such as not being able access benefits

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4 due to not being given honorable discharge. Many veterans of color who did not qualify could not find facilities that delivered on the G.I. Bill’s promise (Blakemore, 2023).

5 References Cohen, T. (2012, August 7). Police identify Army veteran as Wisconsin Temple Shooting Gunman . CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2012/08/06/us/wisconsin-temple-shooting/index.html Elias, M. (2012, December). Massacre in Wisconsin . CSU. https://research-ebsco- com.libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/c/iuzu2i/viewer/pdf/emwqd33irj National Archives. (2022, May). Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (1944) . National Archives and Records Administration. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/servicemens- readjustment-act Blakemore, E. (2023, June 21). How the GI bill’s promise was denied to a million black WWII veterans . History.com. https://www.history.com/news/gi-bill-black-wwii-veterans-benefits

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