[I want the USA back]

If you give up your guns and get bear spray instead, it’s only a matter of time until they make bear spray illegal and come to take it.

[Luke21]

This Kristof goofball used to write trash my local fish wraps carried back in the Reagan years. First class idiot.

[BenLurkin]

“Foreigners are bewildered by our refusal to rein in guns.”

Are they really? I wonder if they are really that stupid.

[MV=PY]

Hmmm... would bear spray work if the bear had a gun?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

For all the talk bear spray is less potent than mace.

[PROCON]

No one needs to own a large-capacity bear spray canister.

[Coffee... Black... No Sugar]

“”We accept inconveniences to reduce auto fatalities: seatbelts, speed limits, no riding in the backs of pickup trucks. So why don’t we accept tradeoffs to reduce gun mortality?””

Well … in most auto incidents, there is no malice or intent to harm, whereas the act of burglary shows intent implied by its existence.

[Scarlett156]

Why not bear spray AND a gun? Bear spray and SEVERAL guns! And one or two of those handheld small flame-throwers. And a couple of dobermans. I mean, do we HAVE to choose one...? That’s the question everyone should be asking.

[Chewbarkah]

Democrats and other socialists should be limited to carrying Glade air freshener. I heard that it will stop a charging grizzly schizophrenic at two yards.

[Krosan]

Why not both?

[Sirius Lee]

In MS, it's easier to buy an AR-15 than to adopt a Chihuahua. Why should that be?"

The right to keep and bear arms is specifically enumerated in our Constitution for one. States have great leeway regarding commerce within the state, especially for known pest species.

[Magnum44]

I backpack...

Qualifications, or lack thereof, noted.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

"I backpack, and it's well known that bear spray is more effective against a charging grizzly than a handgun.

That's because grizzlies weigh 3 or 4 times what a human adult male does. A handgun will not take them down. A shotgun or rifle will. Meanwhile, handguns are perfect at taking down charging human assailants - that's why they were invented in the first place. They also don't stand a good chance of incapacitating the victim of a crime as well as the assailant, as bear spray is likely to do.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Ha! Spraying bear spray in an enclosed room would be pretty bad on me too.

[BitWielder1]

A determined burglar can push through the pain of bear spray.
So can a determined bear.

[hadaclueonce]

Next it will be a Super Soaker with some soapy water.
/s

[bigbob]

sure, if you want to piss off a bear instead of killing an intruder.

[1Old Pro]

What if the guy is shooting a shotgun at you from the bottom of the stairs? You walk out there and spray? I think I’d rather spray buckshot.

[bunkerhill7]

All my ammo is coated with bear spray.

[taxcontrol]

There are five rules for a gun fight. The first rule is that a gun beats no gun.