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Sadly, that is not necessarily the case. Liberals have been moving into the Bitterroot Valley over in Montana for a loing time and many are pushing to get more Grizzlies introduced in the mountains just above their biking and hiking trails.

I am afraid it will take some them getting eaten before they figure it out.

Several years ago, in the Pioneer Monntains of SW Montana, I had my son and dog up camping and hiking. We were doing a little late summer spotting for the elk season later in the fall. A group of young, more or less hippy looking young people in their mid-twenties came hiking by and asked me why I had the rifle since it wasn't huntiong season.

I told them it was because I loved my son and that there was a danger particularly from Bears and Cats up there...a good fifty-sixty miles from the nearest town. I told them the dog was there to sense and hopefully deter those animals, but the gun was there just in case she didn't.

They laughed and joked about it, saying those animals wouldn't hurt anyone...then drank some water with us, and went on their way.

As they walked off, I told my son that I feared for such people, but that he should always remember that in cases like this it is much better to have it and not need it (the gun) than to need it and not have it. Whether the critters were two legged or four legged. I told him I was afraid that such people as those we had just talked to would learn that lesson the hard way.

Seems as though no matter where one goes, a gun is best to have if never needed for those 'hungry' 2-legged or 4-legged critters.

From what I've seen, Montana is one beautiful place (Billings, Bosman, on into Idaho ways). Hopefully, one day, I'll get up that way to smell the air.

You are correct about the euphoric 'warm-fuzzy' liberals and their overall ignorance with respect to just how wild the wildlife really is. Of course, they have to 'experience' it all, so, they decide 'how great' it is to mingle with nature; much like going to the new night club ..... after a while some animal zeroes in on some prey 'cause it's hungry.

IMHO, with current human population growth on the upswing with all the 'immigration', eventually man and beast are going to be at some real odds with one another for a living space......much like the days of the Old West. Eventually the flat-footers from the cities will get some wisdom and help cull out the predators to just a few, or, wind up as some critter's man-steak.