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Originally Posted by Wormius
So the people preferring something that is:
- 90% effective vs 84%;
- lightweight and not a slog to carry around; - costs $50 vs whatever a rifle or handgun cost; and
- can be easily deployed
Are the ones that are crazy?
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Even more importantly: requires no special training to achieve proficiency; mastery can be achieved in about 1 hour. Not sure what the comparison is for guns, but I can't imagine anyone gets their PAL in under an hour.
- consequence of accidental discharge = really sore eyes vs. injury/death
- no false sense of security
- lower odds of jamming
I can't be arsed to develop gun skills, so I'm absolutely content to stick with bear spray. And even if I had both, bear spray would almost always be the first tool to deploy