I would like to say it's unbelievable that anyone would associate the recent fatal shooting of a park ranger near Mt. Ranier with the change in law that allows firearms into the parks. You'd think no one could be that stupid. Unfortunately, it's not stupidity that brings up the association, but a sick, twisted attempt to manipulate public opinion by exploiting this tragedy for their own political or ideological goals.
I hope people all over the country will get both sides of this story, rather than the medias' slanted version, and realize that the law had nothing to do with this case. In fact, it is likely that this man not only broke the law long before he entered the park by simply possessing those weapons. He had history of mental health problems as well as charges against him for violating gun laws. Chances are he could not even legally own those guns. Regardless, his obvious disregard for the law, having already shot at other people, makes it equally obvious that he would not have left his guns at home before fleeing to the park had there been a ban still in effect.
