I agree but I was trying to be compliant with the “spray” requirement and a .30cal machine gun seemed pretty unlikely in Canada
Yeah, I know.
In the Cascades, the rangers carry 9mm. What for, if it’s so safe?
I’ve crossed huge black bears in the Cascades (big enough and brown enough to look like a grizz at first sight).
I really wish I’d been allowed to have a sidearm, because the next hours had me switchback several times where the bear ducked into the brush.
But hey, at least the ranger would be protected when he went in to pull out my remains.