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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I’m not a pro-gun person myself, but I don’t know if that’s a great reason why not to have them. “Risk for accidents”… “bad things happen”… well, a bad thing did happen, two people died. I don’t have any problem with guns used by hunters and I don’t think I’d have a problem with guns used by people in the backcountry.
Plus, if an accident did happen with a gun at least we wouldn’t have to kill a bear, a true tragedy.
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Wow, did we agree on something? LOL
We spend a ton of time at Boulton Creek campground in Kananaskis in the summer. I carry bear spray when we are hiking around there as there is a lot of bear activity around there. I've gone through the motions in my head, would I have the time to break the strap pull the pin, make sure it's pointing the right direction... yada yada yada, with a charging bear? In all likelihood I'd probably shoot myself in the face with it and nicely season myself.
That being said, as someone who has a ton of firearms experience, I could have a shell racked, safety off, and a gun pointed at its center of mass in about 2 seconds. I'd personally be safer carrying a gun, as would those around me. But the rules don't allow it, and I follow the rules.
But that's not everyone. I get how accidents can happen. I get how a guy who did the absolute bare minimum to get a PAL, and has never been to a range could be more of a liability. You can get a firearms license in this country never having fired a single shot. Which I find troubling.
There's no easy answers.