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"All this tough guy talk is missing the point. Not every parent is gonna be armed to the teeth while enjoying camping with their little kids. Some do, some dont, but nothing was preventing these people from doing so. These kind of attacks are so rare as to be unheard of. She didn't expect this would happen. And it did. And that's really a tragedy."

HOD - I don't think 'tough guy talk,' has been the point. I think that the comforts of the typical American lifestyle have left us largely desensitized to the realities of the natural world around us. The fact notwithstanding, more people are killed by bees than bears, and most people that know they are at high risk from bee stings pack the appropriate medicine whenever there is the slightest risk of exposure.

I have my thoughts as to why people fail to pack the appropriate medicine for bear.

HOD - I don't think 'tough guy talk,' has been the point.

I was mostly responding to the people who were grousing about the fact she wasn't packing, and assuming the law prevented her from being armed. It didn't, and people were headed down the wrong path thinking that way.