You need to understand what these tourists were going through and the position they were in. From first hand experience I can tell you the NPS has been militarizing itself for at least 20 years. Behind those thugs with guns were vans filled with black uniformed, masked trained gunmen waiting for the chance to strut their stuff. Count on it.
Yeah I know. Some Americans are prepared for it.
Interesting comment worth pinging.
I maintain that citizens need to quietly, peacefully, civilly, forcefully, round these willing parks people up and handcuff them to benches, trees, their vehicles. This would be a GOD SEND for the ones who really don't want to follow orders, but who want to save their careers. They can tell their bosses, "I wasn't going to shoot these people, what was I supposed to do? They weren't a threat to the actual park or resource. Sorry!"
If that Trucker thing happens as MSM source US News indicates (the same news source that ignored and therefore kept America ignorant of the tens of thousands of bikers who rode into DC on 9/11), we're in for some mischeif.
To quote a line from Tombstone, "It's getting pretty spooky in here."