Frankly, I’d be more disturbed by scared people with hand-cannons on back country trails. Bears are more predictable.
Chillax yourself - enjoy carrying that boutique hand weight.
My training program is to put my “hand weight” in a chest rig, put on my heavy day pack, run around the parking lot until winded, run up to the line, spin three times until dizzy, and drop 4 out of 6 steel plates at 25 yards consistently winded and dizzy.
How’s your gun control?