Statement on the Orlando, Florida Shootings

Today, as Americans, we grieve the brutal murder -- a horrific massacre -- of dozens of innocent people. We pray for their families, who are grasping for answers with broken hearts. We stand with the people of Orlando, who have endured a terrible attack on their city. Although it's still early in the investigation, we know enough to say that this was an act of terror and an act of hate. And as Americans, we are united in grief, in outrage, and in resolve to defend our people. 今天,作为美国人,我们为这起残忍的谋杀——一场骇人听闻的大屠杀——中数十名无辜民众的遇难而悲痛。我们为他们的家人祈祷,他们正怀着破碎的心寻求答案。我们与奥兰多人民站在一起,他们的城市遭受了可怕的袭击。虽然调查仍处于初期阶段,但我们已经有足够的信息认定这是一起恐怖行为,也是一起仇恨行为。作为美国人,我们在悲痛中团结一心,在愤怒中团结一心,在保卫人民的决心中团结一心。

I just finished a meeting with FBI Director Comey and my homeland security and national security advisors. The FBI is on the scene and leading the investigation, in partnership with local law enforcement. I've directed that the full resources of the federal government be made available for this investigation. 我刚刚与联邦调查局局长科米以及我的国土安全和国家安全顾问举行了会议。联邦调查局已抵达现场,正与当地执法部门合作主导调查。我已指示联邦政府调动全部资源用于此次调查。

We are still learning all the facts. This is an open investigation. We've reached no definitive judgment on the precise motivations of the killer. The FBI is appropriately investigating this as an act of terrorism. And I've directed that we must spare no effort to determine what -- if any -- inspiration or association this killer may have had with terrorist groups. What is clear is that he was a person filled with hatred. Over the coming days, we'll uncover why and how this happened, and we will go wherever the facts lead us. 我们仍在了解全部事实。这是一项正在进行的调查。对于凶手的确切动机,我们尚未做出最终判断。联邦调查局正将此事作为恐怖主义行为进行调查,这是恰当的。我已指示我们必须不遗余力地查明这名凶手是否——以及在何种程度上——受到了恐怖组织的启发或与其有联系。明确的一点是,他是一个充满仇恨的人。在未来几天里,我们将查明事件的原因和经过,我们将追随事实的指引,无论它将我们带向何方。

This morning I spoke with my good friend, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, and I conveyed the condolences of the entire American people. This could have been any one of our communities. So I told Mayor Dyer that whatever help he and the people of Orlando need -- they are going to get it. As a country, we will be there for the people of Orlando today, tomorrow and for all the days to come. 今天上午,我与我的好友、奥兰多市长巴迪·戴尔通了话,转达了全体美国人民的慰问。这样的袭击本可能发生在我们任何一个社区。因此我告诉戴尔市长,无论他和奥兰多人民需要什么帮助——他们都一定会得到。作为一个国家,我们将在今天、明天以及未来的每一天,都与奥兰多人民同在。

We also express our profound gratitude to all the police and first responders who rushed into harm's way. Their courage and professionalism saved lives, and kept the carnage from being even worse. It's the kind of sacrifice that our law enforcement professionals make every single day for all of us, and we can never thank them enough. 我们还要向所有挺身而出的警察和第一响应者致以深深的谢意。他们的勇气和专业精神挽救了生命,阻止了这场屠杀造成更严重的后果。这是我们的执法专业人员每天都在为我们所有人做出的牺牲,我们对他们的感激之情永远无法言尽。

This is an especially heartbreaking day for all our friends -- our fellow Americans -- who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. The shooter targeted a nightclub where people came together to be with friends, to dance and to sing, and to live. The place where they were attacked is more than a nightclub -- it is a place of solidarity and empowerment where people have come together to raise awareness, to speak their minds, and to advocate for their civil rights. 对于我们所有的朋友——我们的美国同胞——那些女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋或跨性别者而言,这是格外令人心碎的一天。枪手瞄准了一家夜总会,那里是人们与朋友相聚、跳舞歌唱、享受生活的地方。他们遭受袭击的地方不仅仅是一家夜总会——它是一个团结和赋权的场所,人们在这里聚集,提高意识,表达心声,争取公民权利。

So this is a sobering reminder that attacks on any American -- regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation -- is an attack on all of us and on the fundamental values of equality and dignity that define us as a country. And no act of hate or terror will ever change who we are or the values that make us Americans. 因此,这一事件发人深省地提醒我们,对任何美国人的袭击——无论其种族、族裔、宗教或性取向如何——都是对我们所有人的袭击,都是对定义我们国家的平等与尊严这一根本价值观的袭击。任何仇恨或恐怖行为都永远无法改变我们的本色,也无法改变使我们成为美国人的价值观。

Today marks the most deadly shooting in American history. The shooter was apparently armed with a handgun and a powerful assault rifle. This massacre is therefore a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school, or in a house of worship, or a movie theater, or in a nightclub. And we have to decide if that's the kind of country we want to be. And to actively do nothing is a decision as well. 今天发生的是美国历史上最致命的枪击事件。枪手显然携带了一把手枪和一支威力强大的突击步枪。因此,这场大屠杀进一步提醒我们,一个人要获得武器是多么容易,有了武器就可以在学校、礼拜场所、电影院或夜总会开枪杀人。我们必须决定,这是不是我们想要的国家。而主动选择无所作为,本身也是一种决定。

In the coming hours and days, we'll learn about the victims of this tragedy. Their names. Their faces. Who they were. The joy that they brought to families and to friends, and the difference that they made in this world. Say a prayer for them and say a prayer for their families -- that God give them the strength to bear the unbearable. And that He give us all the strength to be there for them, and the strength and courage to change. We need to demonstrate that we are defined more -- as a country -- by the way they lived their lives than by the hate of the man who took them from us. 在接下来的几小时和几天里,我们将了解这场悲剧的受害者。他们的名字。他们的面容。他们是谁。他们给家人和朋友带来的欢乐,以及他们为这个世界带来的改变。为他们祈祷,为他们的家人祈祷——愿上帝赐予他们力量,承受这无法承受之痛。愿上帝赐予我们所有人力量,陪伴在他们身边,赐予我们改变的力量和勇气。我们需要证明,作为一个国家,定义我们的更多是他们的生活方式,而不是夺走他们生命的那个人的仇恨。

As we go together, we will draw inspiration from heroic and selfless acts -- friends who helped friends, took care of each other and saved lives. In the face of hate and violence, we will love one another. We will not give in to fear or turn against each other. Instead, we will stand united, as Americans, to protect our people, and defend our nation, and to take action against those who threaten us. 在我们共同前行的道路上,我们将从英勇无私的行为中汲取力量——朋友帮助朋友,彼此照顾,挽救生命。面对仇恨和暴力,我们将彼此相爱。我们不会屈服于恐惧,也不会相互对立。相反,作为美国人,我们将团结一心,保护我们的人民,保卫我们的国家,并对那些威胁我们的人采取行动。

May God bless the Americans we lost this morning. May He comfort their families. May God continue to watch over this country that we love. Thank you. 愿上帝保佑我们今天上午失去的美国人。愿他抚慰他们的家人。愿上帝继续守护我们热爱的这个国家。谢谢大家。

署名Barack Obama(巴拉克·奥巴马)  2016-06-12  发表于 The White House, Washington, D.C.