Good job for Mike Bramich to be armed. Many people have the attitude they they will carry a firearm if they are going to be in a dangerous situation. But if you know a situation will likely be dangerous then the aware person will avoid it. I know from personal experience that dangerous situations can happen out of the blue. If you are not trying to carry all of the time then the “normal” out of the blue incidents will catch you unarmed.
From the article: “Mike shot the bear and saved Andrew. Mike died on Dec. 1, 2025 from cancer.” Unfortunately, the good guy in this case died too soon.