Far too much emphasis is placed upon grieving over this outstanding female Park Ranger and too little upon looking at the basis of reasoning surrounding why she was shot for such an otherwise foolishly simplistic reason in the first place. Few ever want to consider the deeper psychological effect of what war and the training thereof results in. Sure, most are able to separate what's appropriate behavior and are not as deeply influenced by confused ideas about justifying exactly when it's appropriate to just draw a gun and begin shooting other people as the only solution to conflict. Eventually the justified reasons or basis for what's deemed as acceptable violent conflict with other sovereigns will become dysfunctional or inoperable. There will be zero reasoning basis for when it's ok to use that ballistic weapon that ends another's life in an instant forever under certain circumstances. There are only other people worldwide, and not really such hostile alien cultures as we often deem is necessary to sustain exorbitant military spending and weapons development. We live in a conflicting or confusing two-faced reality that decides when it is, or is not appropriate to just kill some one else on sight for no other really justified reason. Too many deeply worship and prescribe to the ideals of, "Kill or be killed". And so the bad-ass 'Rambos' who only want to pick a fight senselessly are confused about what worthwhile life goals are really all about. For the time being only a relative few are such a problem. But all too soon and suddenly the disparity of ideals will converge and come to a violently ugly head that few would ever think possible here in the USA. The bottom line is if most are so interested in really putting a stop to such disheartening behavior, it's imperative to really look at the core reasons, most don't see or want to consider, why such acts of violence occur in the first place.

We need our military today more than ever. Just because this kid flipped out and began killing people -- we can't blame that on the military -- I'm going to venture a guess that there was no one to support him when he returned from the war. No loving family -- no loyal friends. We, as a society, need to practice a little more compassion for on another -- reaching out to veterans, the homeless, the disenfranchised. We live in our own little bubbles and let the guy next to us spiral out of control -- we need to emulate the Military and take care of each other, putting our own comfort on the line to save one another. That's how we end these kinds of tragedies.