Posted on 07/19/2022 5:03:27 AM PDT by marktwain
It is so sad this lady was the victim of a bear attack, when like others have said, a pistol could have stopped it.
Granted, the bear did the killing, but what enabled the killing was the American left’s anti gun crusade. I’ve been in national parks where it was preached repeatedly that firearms should not be used, that bear spray is the most effective. This may be the case for a black bear, not the grizzly, their instinctive will to kill until killed is awesome. The only way to shut down this instinct is to shut down their CNS, and bear spray will not do this.
Many are using 10mm these days. I’m old school like you and stick with a Ruger 44mag
Only a small percentage of bears attack humans.
The percentage is much greater for grizzly bears than for black bears, but it is still less than 10%.
Weed out the bears which attack humans, and the "bold" bears are weeded out of the gene pool.
It has worked over and over and over.
Embolden the bears by doing nothing, and the learn there is no consequence for attacking humans and stealing human food.
It depends what species you are comparing the bears to.
Dogs kill far more humans than bears do.
Grizzly bears kill a few more than black bears.
Arguably, mosquitoes kill the most humans... or maybe, counting past deaths, the smallpox virus...
Strangely, what we have found is black bears are more resistant to bear spray, and grizzly bears are far more dangerous, per bear.
Bear spray has become a cult fetish with some bear proponents.
Someone takes lentils for food when camping??????
>>I’d rather they tranquilized the bear and relocated it.<<
Relocate a bear which has demonstrated that he will attack and kill humans?
How about he gets relocated to your back yard?
Those who promulgate the bear spray Big Lie are guilty of murder imo, just as they would be if they told a blind person it was safe to cross the street when it wasn’t.
Bear spray is like a condom with a hole in it. You may get the girl pregnant, or maybe she won’t become pregnant. It’s not an effective tool and other factors are involved in the outcome.
A gun is closer to an intact condom, 98% when used effectively.
Here in black bear country .357 is plenty adequate.
I was hangin' around home last week. I didn’t go anywhere without my firearm.
We do not know how effective it is, because the "studies" done on bear spray suffer from significant selection bias, and because it is very difficult to collect data on incidents involving bear spray.
It was suprising to find handguns work more effectively against bear attacks than long guns.
I believe this is an artifact of the definition of a bear attack. If a bear starts charging you from 200 yards away, and you kill it at 100 yards with a rifle, many would not call it a bear attack.
Another point is pistols tend to be with you when you need them; and rifles are often carried without a round in the chamber.
makes sense
Best brand of bear spray with 99% effective rate is called 357 Magnum!!!
I have a can of that Frontiersman spray in my console, but it is not for bears.
Kill them all.
This is what probably got her killed. Rule #1 of camping - ignored.
I’m thinking RPG.
Just kill the bears. They are nearly as deadly as lions and tigers.
Not they way they've been playing for the last decade.
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