Reading is fine, up to a point.
But experts cn be found on both sides of every issue.
Lawyers, economists, global warmers can be found on both sides of all subjects.
Practical experience enables one to sort out what he reads and make it relative to his needs.
Grizzlies and polar bears are not the same as black bears, although I grant you that black bears are much more dangerous than the tree huggers understand them to be.
I tend to follow the advice of those who live the problem. The topic of this problem is “grizzlies”.
I know the differences between the bears. There is no scientific study or anecdotal evidence to suggest that bear spray is NOT effective.
So there are not experts on both sides on this issue.
If you go back to the beginning of the thread you’ll see that people here were saying that kids, who could not even use the can of bear spray they had, would have been just fine if they were armed. That doesn’t make sense to me.