People who read scientific studies are yuppies?
Right, you don’t go for all that thar fool book lernin, theys just some dum scientist aftr all.
Now stupid insults aside.
The argument isn’t whether bear spray is better than a gun and a human trained to use it properly. That would be a dumb argument.
The argument also isn’t that you should throw caution to the wind because you have a can of bear spray.
My argument was that bear spray is shown to effectively stop bears aggressive behavior. NOT deter them, but stop the aggressive behavior.
You admitted the same in your post, so what’s your argument again?
“NOT deter them, but stop the aggressive behavior”
Obviously, you no idea about what you have “read”. Pepper spray does nothing to the bear to cause it to stop an attack. A bullet physically disrupts the bear’s ability to attack. The bear doesn’t get a choice. Pepper spray might irritate a bear but it is still the bears’ choice to continue the attack.
If you’re going to read “scientific” “studies”, you might want to know a thing or two about science before you go making conclusions.