Considering the size of the paw-prints in every mud-puddle on the edges of every Alaskan town and village ..... they need to be!
Wife and I have taught in village schools, 338 win mag behind locked office door; teachers had the key. Reason every May, it was common to have young grizz stroll right down the road past the school play ground. Bear would stop and look the kids over; a few shots in air would send them on their way. Nobody thought twice about the gun there either.