Casting A Broad Net Punishes The Majority

As a photographer I travel to the National Parks and beyond with the express purpose of capturing nature and wild life. I traveled to Glacier Park in July 2011 and had three different bear sightings. Though jazzed I would never put myself in danger. Most pro photographers use long lenses.
National Parks dispense literature including wildlife warnings and educational information when entering the park. Most have educational/ info sites within the park and also warning signs , such as being "Bear Aware" throughout the park. I feel they do a great job of educating and warning.
You will never be able to relegate common sense! There will always be risk takers with bad judgement. Why limit the number of people when the majority are not the problem.
On my last journey there were persons walking over signs clearly warning of the danger above a powerful waterfall. Through the water spray mist we saw them continue to the top along the slippery side cliff stepping around wring signs. Many of us watched in amazement and horror. A week or so later there was a tragic drowning in a national park with apparently this same scenario.I've seen the same behavior exhibited with wildlife risk takers. There are always a few who will ignore whatever the warning may be. Is changing the admittance of the majority going to help?

What are they thinking?

These people are selfish with an entitlement mentality. They think they should get their shot at all cost to show their friends. What's wrong with a high powered Zion lense?. They delude themselves into thinking these bears are 'docile' when they show no agression from the outset. But they are dangerous, especially with cubs or when their food is threatened. A bear can cover a hundred yards in a matter of seconds, faster than a human could manage in trying to flee. Yet, people raise cain when someone in a park is killed by a bear. Even worse scenario is habituating a bear by feeding it and making it more agressive when the food is gone. The result is often to euthanize the bear. I believe anyone who behaves like these folks should be banned from all national parks for life.

People should be fined

I think people should be fined if they get too close to the animals. I am from Boston and was in Grand Teton in July and watched the mother bears 399, 610 and their cubs for a week, from the proper distance, so did the professional shooters that were there. It was toursist who kept violating the rules while the photographers were actually helping the rangers with the location and distance of the bears and telling people to keep back at a safe distance, they were ALL doing this from their cars whether in them or on top of them which is what the Rangers were telling people to do. The problem is that there aren't any consequences for these stupid people when they break the rules or put the themselves, the animals or other people in danger so what do they care? They should be fined and thrown out of the parks. The consequence for the bears are death. I don't think the $25 park fee is worth the life of a bear.