“Troopers said that the man was carrying a firearm at the time of the attack but didn’t use it.”
Then why bother? Sheesh. SMH
“Then why bother? Sheesh. SMH”
Running bear at 10 yards. Unless you had the gun pointed in the direction of the bear BEFORE you saw him there was no chance to shoot.
Read the story.
Saw the bear 15 yards away.
Bears can run 35 MPH. He did not have time to draw.
There is the 7 ft. rule in dealing with a human. The average human can run 12 to 17 MPH, so the bear is three times as fast.
If my math is correct, he had 2.05 seconds to draw and shoot. A very fast shooter can draw and shoot in 1.5 seconds or less but that is with both feed on the ground, at the ready knowing the buzzer will sound and drawing and shooting at the sound of the buzzer....very different from being surprised while riding a bicycle on rough ground.
Plus to be effective with the pistol he would need to get off the bike. He had zero chance against that bear under those circumstances.