Five Year Old Granddaughter’s View of Defense Against Bears

AmmoLand ^ | July 10, 2024 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

While visiting my daughter, her husband, and their children, my five-year-old granddaughter, Elizabeth, presented Grandpa with the picture of defense against a bear. She had created it just for Grandpa on the morning of the day after I arrived. The picture is on ordinary 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper. The bear in the picture, with fearsome teeth and claws, appears to be about fourteen feet tall, as compared to the human figures in the lower right corner. The humans consist of one man and two women shooting handguns at the bear.

Elizabeth informed me that the woman on the far right has a handgun in her hand, but it is hidden by her long hair. Elizabeth said that after the people defend themselves from the bear, they will have bear steak.

My grandchildren have loved to have me tell them bear stories. Instead of the usual Goldilocks story, I have told them stories from the research on pistols used in defense against bears or other stories about bears that I came across in my research. They love for Grandpa to play at being an attacking imaginary bear. When they shoot imaginary handguns at the imaginary bear, it falls down and stops attacking. The children have learned to shoot more than one imaginary shot. It is not surprising that Elizabeth chose the theme of people defending themselves with handguns against a bear in the woods.

Elizabeth knows meat comes from animals, and people eat bears. The grandchildren have asked if Grandpa ever ate bear meat, and Grandpa has truthfully told them he has done so. Grandpa has also pointed out that deer are good to eat, and beef comes from cows. While the children can sometimes be picky eaters, they are not vegetarians.

[marktwain]

Five year old granddaughter presented her grandfather with an image of what defense against a bear looks like.

[marktwain]

Five year old Elizabeth presented this image to her grandfather.

[Uncle Miltie]

If G-d meant for man to be vegetarian, he wouldn’t have made cows out of beef!

[MayflowerMadam]

When my nephew was maybe three, he said a “D” instead of “sh”. One day he did something he shouldn’t have. Mom told him, “If you do that, it will wake up Grandpa, and he’ll be a bear.” Nephew: “Then I will DOOT the bear!”

[Vermont Lt]

I wonder about Ammoland’s fascination with bear attacks. It seems they write a new story about it every day. Not a slam at the poster at all. Do these attacks happen often in other parts of the country?

[marktwain]

Articles about bear attacks are very popular.

People have a fascination with big furry animals which are trying to kill you.

Bear attack articles are only about .2% of AmmoLand content. AmmoLand says they are the largest gun-oriented web site on the planet.

I am not updated as to their rating at the moment, but they are, at minimum, one of the most prominent gun oriented web sites.

[marktwain]

AmmoLand publishes a couple dozen article every day, as an estimate.

[RandallFlagg]

“Then I will DOOT the bear!”


Yeah. That's a thing..

[laplata]

That’s a good picture. Good job Elizabeth.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Great picture! Sound like wonderful grandchildren getting good training.

[MtnClimber]

Nice drawing.

[Socon-Econ]

What?? Bears aren’t friendly, human-like creatures, standing upright and warning people not to start forest fires? They’ll actually eat you while you’re still alive?