• guyrocket@kbin.social
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          Yes, not a crazy idea. But if you see that Wikipedia article you need bigger caliber weapons to be effective.

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          Bear spray is the first line of defense assuming the wind is at my back or non-existent. The backup plan is 12 rounds of 10mm Buffalo Bore or Underwood handgun ammunition.

          The only close encounter I’ve had with a grizzly (and a moose too) was in Canada where I was not allowed to have my handgun. I made a point to not wander more than maybe 25 feet from my vehicle so I could make a quick getaway if needed. The grizzly came within 100 feet of me on a river bank on the opposite side of the Kluane river in Yukon Territory and the moose wandered up river then floated downriver.

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        What? That link immediately refutes this claim in the next sentence “Although this claim has been disputed because of the 83 incidents in the Smith study[10] only 18 cases involved an aggressive bear, and of those 18 only 9 involved a charging bear.”

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      Agree but you need to be very mindful for the type of gun.

      Any more typical pistol like 9mm, 380, 45ACP won’t do much against a bear. 10mm high penetration rounds (ie not holopoints, hard cast is preferable) is probably the minimum I’d want if I can’t carry a rifle in bear country.

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      Good ol idiot gun nuts piping in to let us know that every problem can be solved with more guns.

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        From someone firmly against the proliferation of firearms, I think taking a gun on a camping trip where there might be bears is a pretty solid idea.

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        Gun owners have to pipe in whenever there’s a legitimate reason for a firearm otherwise the narrative is that we only have them because we love mass shootings and dead children.

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          We know you love them cause they make you feel like a big man, they just also cause mass shooting and the mass death of children.

          We understand where you’re coming from, and we still think your prioritization is objectively and statistically stupid.

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      A lot of common calibers really don’t do much against a damn grizzly, those bastards have every possible cheat code active.