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Yep. On facebook, I saw the usual idiot comments," You should have had handgun xyz". Bear spray has always proven more effective than the average person carrying any kind of gun. Many of these attacks are so fast, that all they can do is take the charge and hope for the best. For anybody that starts down the handgun route, I would like to see them consistently apply a killing shot at a fast target at under 12 yards. Hardly ever happen. These guys did the right thing and survived-without having to explain why they killed a bear, that was just being a bear.
1. Cite your source for "Bear spray has always proven more effective than the average person carrying any kind of gun." Alaskan guides carry firearms as do the researchers for the IGBC.
2. Many of us who train with our handguns can do just that. I just qualified with my LEO service weapon and my subcompact handgun, and both times I had to put several rounds into a small circle with great speed.
3. A dead bear will not attack again. A sprayed bear can and has returned.
I would encourage you to engage in a dialogue about this, instead of drawing a line in the sand and insulting another side. The efficacy of fire arm vs bear spray is not so clear. Bear spray will loose efficacy as the temperature drops (citation) as well as wind driving the cloud, possibly into hunters.
(citiation). Furhtermore, the study widley cited for evidence that spray is more effective has flaws in the study and they won't release the details (citation). Even more, the author of that study has been quoted as saying he would use a gun over spray.
Personally, I carry both, and have used spray over a gun when the situation allowed. But, I have drawn my gun when necessary. I don't see the conversation as having to be either/or. I take both tools with me and train accordingly. What I hope is that others will begin to look at the primary sources and studies themselves and reason out conclusions.
Could this possibly turn into a different iteration of a recent rehashing of an often reopened topic from the experts at the department of redundancy department?
I don't see the conversation as having to be either/or.
It’s this or “what are the best trekking poles”
1. Cite your source for "Bear spray has always proven more effective than the average person carrying any kind of gun." Alaskan guides carry firearms as do the researchers for the IGBC.
2. Many of us who train with our handguns can do just that. I just qualified with my LEO service weapon and my subcompact handgun, and both times I had to put several rounds into a small circle with great speed.
3. A dead bear will not attack again. A sprayed bear can and has returned.
I would encourage you to engage in a dialogue about this, instead of drawing a line in the sand and insulting another side. The efficacy of fire arm vs bear spray is not so clear. Bear spray will loose efficacy as the temperature drops (citation) as well as wind driving the cloud, possibly into hunters.
(citiation). Furhtermore, the study widley cited for evidence that spray is more effective has flaws in the study and they won't release the details (citation). Even more, the author of that study has been quoted as saying he would use a gun over spray.
Personally, I carry both, and have used spray over a gun when the situation allowed. But, I have drawn my gun when necessary. I don't see the conversation as having to be either/or. I take both tools with me and train accordingly. What I hope is that others will begin to look at the primary sources and studies themselves and reason out conclusions.
At least this guy had a hunting partner with his Fight/Flight instincts properly aligned. Good for him.
1. Cite your source for "Bear spray has always proven more effective than the average person carrying any kind of gun." Alaskan guides carry firearms as do the researchers for the IGBC.
2. Many of us who train with our handguns can do just that. I just qualified with my LEO service weapon and my subcompact handgun, and both times I had to put several rounds into a small circle with great speed.
3. A dead bear will not attack again. A sprayed bear can and has returned.
I would encourage you to engage in a dialogue about this, instead of drawing a line in the sand and insulting another side. The efficacy of fire arm vs bear spray is not so clear. Bear spray will loose efficacy as the temperature drops (citation) as well as wind driving the cloud, possibly into hunters.
(citiation). Furhtermore, the study widley cited for evidence that spray is more effective has flaws in the study and they won't release the details (citation). Even more, the author of that study has been quoted as saying he would use a gun over spray.
Personally, I carry both, and have used spray over a gun when the situation allowed. But, I have drawn my gun when necessary. I don't see the conversation as having to be either/or. I take both tools with me and train accordingly. What I hope is that others will begin to look at the primary sources and studies themselves and reason out conclusions.
1. Cite your source for "Bear spray has always proven more effective than the average person carrying any kind of gun." Alaskan guides carry firearms as do the researchers for the IGBC.
2. Many of us who train with our handguns can do just that. I just qualified with my LEO service weapon and my subcompact handgun, and both times I had to put several rounds into a small circle with great speed.
3. A dead bear will not attack again. A sprayed bear can and has returned.
I would encourage you to engage in a dialogue about this, instead of drawing a line in the sand and insulting another side. The efficacy of fire arm vs bear spray is not so clear. Bear spray will loose efficacy as the temperature drops (citation) as well as wind driving the cloud, possibly into hunters.
(citiation). Furhtermore, the study widley cited for evidence that spray is more effective has flaws in the study and they won't release the details (citation). Even more, the author of that study has been quoted as saying he would use a gun over spray.
Personally, I carry both, and have used spray over a gun when the situation allowed. But, I have drawn my gun when necessary. I don't see the conversation as having to be either/or. I take both tools with me and train accordingly. What I hope is that others will begin to look at the primary sources and studies themselves and reason out conclusions.