Since when does God have to intervene in such calamities? God warned mankind through Adam that sin will bring death. Everything that dies on this planet is the consequence of sin and death that has entered this world.
If God intervenes in one situation, He must intervene in all. And the moment He intervene in all, He goes back to the sandbox with human toys.
I am sorry but the God I know is NOT a God that is uninvolved. I know this by His word. There is not one wasted word in the Word of God. NOT one wasted; take even the most seemly mundane verse, for instance: 1 Timothy 5:23 KJV
[23] Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities...this verse HAS purpose and meaning and significance from the Holy Spirit. It is not a place holder or rambling. It is for our benifit. Nothing is wasted by God.
I can't explain the shooting in Vegas. If God has removed His hand from this world, as you say: He never intervenes because if He does once, then He has to intervene always. We know Gods hand of salvation remains. That is God's intervention. It is all about perspective: we think being murdered in this world means we have been cheated out of something; cheated out of more time or something special. It is the perspective of death. Death is a way out. Death is separation from sin. So we Judge God and the only rational explanation we can come up with is: God doesn't intervene.
Matthew 17:17 KJV
[17] Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I
suffer you? bring him hither to me.
Mark 9:19 KJV
[19] He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I
suffer you? bring him unto me.
Isaiah 5:5-6 KJV
[5] And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: [6] And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
"It shall not be pruned" is still God being God. He decides: when to prune and when not to prune. We complain and question Him.
Daniel 4:33-37 KJV
[33] The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers , and his nails like birds' claws . [34] And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: [35] And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and
none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? [36] At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. [37] Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Are we praising a God that serves us;
Or are we praising a God that allows us to serve Him?