We could even encourage worried homeowners to buy bear spray for protection. I backpack, and it’s well known that bear spray is more effective against a charging grizzly than a handgun. Probably also more effective against a home invader. Think of it as harm reduction. [More]
That ought to go real well indoors.
As for outdoors, I’m thinking the Tueller drill shows a human can traverse 21 feet in a second-and-a-half and I’m guessing how long an 800 Lb. bear at 35mph would take and how close it actually has to get to be assured of a face-full, and wondering if that would be enough, and then remembering how some have been seen rolling around in pepper spray, and noting rangers carry guns, and then what he’d do against an armed home assailant, and… what the hell. It’s not like this chronic idiot is worth debating.
[Via WiscoDave]
I don’t have any problem with people choosing to carry bear spray instead of an adequate firearm.
The people I have a problem with are those who presume to make the choice for others.
They get to be wrong while I get to be very dead.
They get to say “Oops!” while I get to be bear poop.
The concept just doesn’t work for me.
And of course, the classic:
“They advise park visitors to wear little bells on their clothes so they make noise when hiking. The bell noise allows bears to hear them coming from a distance and not be startled by a hiker accidentally sneaking up on them. This might cause a bear to charge.
Visitors should also carry a pepper spray can just in case a bear is encountered. Spraying the pepper into the air will irritate the bear’s sensitive nose and it will run away.
It is also a good idea to keep an eye out for fresh bear scat so you have an idea if bears are in the area. People should be able to recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear scat.
Black bear droppings are smaller and often contain berries, leaves, and possibly bits of fur. Grizzly bear droppings tend to contain small bells and smell of pepper.”
Guy’s an idiot.
Bear spray is made to deliver a wide deterrent fog.
Human spray is made to deliver an narrow incapacitating stream.
This guy is disastrously wrong.
Dean Weingarten over at
https://gunwatch.blogspot.com/
has done a lot of research, and having a gun, any gun, is more effective against bears than spray.
He also writes for ammoland.com and probably some other sites.
Kurt
Yeah, I know Dean. I link to his stuff from time to time.