>>837784A study was recently done, on bear attacks in Alaska.
They studied using guns, using bear spray, and using nothing. Theven study examined aggressive bears, who were deterred from attacking.
Bear spray had a 99% effective rate.
Long guns had a 79% effective rate.
Hand Guns had an 84% effective rate.
Having nothing at all had an 85% effective rate. This included just yelling and making noise.
No people who used bear spray were killed, and only 1 had very minor injuries.
There was something like 12 people killed who used guns, and quite a few more with life altering injuries.
I know people who believe in their fire arms won't give them up, but they are no better than doing nothing.
A bear who is actually aggressive, and attacking, it's very hard to accurately aim, and deliver a shot to the frontal area of a bear to incapacitate it.
Bear spray is simply more effective, and there is now no argument against it. People who carry a gun to determine bears only do it so they "feel" safer, when the facts are facts, and there is no disputing them. If you do dispute them, it shows you're simply too stupid to understand them.
Pointing your finger at a bear and yelling bang is just as effective as pointing a gun and shooting.
No one has ever died in Alaska from a bear after using bear spray.
End of argument.
