[marktwain]

These nine cases are the clearest evidence of whether bear spray or firearms are more effective in stopping bear attacks.

This is because both methods were used on the same bears.

[Innovative]

Fire arms are the sure thing.

[KTM rider]

One thing is for sure, bears are bears. From my encounters with them (dozens) does not make me an expert at all, but to me it seems they can be unpredictable. It seems to me any bear that would run away from pepper spray would also run away if hit with a stick or yelled at.

But if a bear wants to beat you up or kill you, the pepper spray is just going to piss him off more. If its a brown bear or grizzly then that would apply to hot stinging lead as well

[LeoTDB69]

Still, the 2A says the right to arm bears shall not be infringed. But what if we arm bears with bear spray?

Ignore me - just bored and at work :-)

[yarddog]

There are guys who believe in both belts and suspenders.

[GoldenPup]

Many places on the Internet continue to claim that bear spray is more effective at stopping bear attacks than firearms.

Many places are full of Bullshit.

[yarddog]

I don’t have a dog in this fight.

I have been a user of guns for nearly 70 years. I have seen them perform spectacularly on animals. I have read of instances where they failed.

I will say that around 1982, I used government issued dog spray to stop a doberman like he was pole axed. It almost certainly saved me from serious injury. It was only one tenth of one percent or about a hundred times weaker than bear spray.

[Cold Heart]

The bear spray better then gun studies were done by the manufacturers of the bear sprays. I bought some bear spray for horse riding but it was for pit bulls.

[Jack Hammer]

Keep your sprays. I want my .44 magnum, provided I’m not carrying a .50 BMG.

Be safe, be sure.