导读:星期天凌晨，佛罗里达州奥兰多一家同志夜总会发生美国历史上最惨烈的大规模枪击案，造成49人遇难，53人受伤。事件发生后，全美各地都为这次悲剧的遇难者降半旗致哀，但阿拉巴马州的一个郡却拒绝这样做。
Officials in an Alabama county refused to lower flags to half-staff to honor the victims of the Orlando mass shooting this week even after President Barack Obama and Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley ordered flags to be lowered.
阿拉巴马郡的官员拒绝为本周奥兰多枪击案的受害者降半旗，即使是总统奥巴马和阿拉巴马州长罗伯特宾利下达了命令。
Citing the U.S. Flag Code, Baldwin County Commissioner Tucker Dorsey told CNN’s Erin Burnett on "OutFront" Friday that while he is "certainly heartbroken in the face of tragedy," the code states that the flag should only be lowered "for instances where there are the passing of individuals who have given significant distinguished service to our country."
星期五，博尔德文郡政府委员塔克多瑟在接受CNN伯内特采访时表示，“我对在枪击案中的遇难者和他们的家人表示哀悼，但是，本次不符合相关规定，根据美国国旗的相关条例，美国国旗只应该是在比如对国家有卓越贡献的人去世当天降半旗。”
Dorsey added that the code states that the flag is to be lowered on Memorial Day and to commemorate the deaths of government officials.
多瑟补充说，美国国旗应该在国殇日或者政府官员去世当天降半旗。
In a Facebook post published Tuesday, Dorsey wrote that Baldwin County also didn’t lower the flags after the Paris terror attacks in November and the shooting in San Bernardino, California, in December by a married couple who pledged allegiance to ISIS.
星期二，多瑟在脸书网发布的一篇博文中写道，博尔德文郡在去年11月的巴黎恐袭和加州圣贝纳迪诺郡的枪击案时，以及12月时一对夫妇宣誓效忠ISIS时，都没有降半旗。
"I look at the terrorist events and I think about our flag and about how it identifies and characterizes the mood of the country," Dorsey said. "When I think about, for instance, 9/11, I kind of picture the three firemen raising the flag in the rubble the next day after the event. That’s really how I feel about it."
“看到这些恐怖事件，我就想起我们的国旗，以及它该如何识别和描述我们国家的心情。” 多瑟说，“比如，当我想起911事件，我的脑海中就浮现出事发第二天，三个消防员在废墟中升起美国国旗的情景。这是我最真实的感受。”
When Burnett asked whether Dorsey believed the flag should be flown "high in the face of terror in order to fight back," he responded, "That’s exactly my heart on the issue."
当伯内特问多瑟，是否相信国旗“在面对恐怖事件时应该被高高升起以示反击时，” 多瑟说，“我心中正是这样想的。”
"I’m certainly broken-hearted, my family is broken up about it," Dorsey added. "I’m also mad. I’m tired of us being attacked by extremists of certainly different kinds."
“我也很悲痛，我的家人因此被拆散，” 多瑟补充说。“我也疯了。我厌倦了我们被各种不同的极端分子攻击。”
Baldwin County is located along the Mobile Bay and Gulf of Mexico shores and includes the popular tourist destination Orange Beach.
博尔德文郡位于莫比尔湾和墨西哥海湾之间，闻名遐迩的旅游胜地奥兰治海滩也位于该郡。
Obama ordered the flags to be flown at half-staff Sunday following the mass shooting at Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday that left 49 dead and 53 injured.
上个星期天一早在佛罗里达奥兰多“脉搏”同性恋夜店发生大规模枪击案，造成49人死亡，53人受伤，随后奥巴马下令降半旗致哀。
"I realize that the President and governor may make the order, but I believe and interpret their order inconsistent with the adopted flag code," Dorsey told the New York Daily News.
“我知道总统和州长下了命令，但我相信并解读他们的命令与所采用的国旗条例不一致。”多尔西告诉纽约日报。
The Orlando tragedy is the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
奥兰多事件是美国历史上规模最大的枪击案。
