FW: [at-l] weight/use efficiency & Guns

[jbkramer@afn.org (Bryan Kramer)]

I wouldn't think of carrying a gun big enough to deter a bear on the
ATL. It would be like carrying a lightning rod. I might think about
carrying a gun big enough to deter some other person since I think that
would be a much more likely event. A .380 might make sense. And maybe a
clip of .380 would turn a small black bear.

However if I was hiking in Glacier NP or in Alaska then I would want
something big enough to at least make a bear take notice, a .45 or maybe
a 10 mm. 

No matter what I was carrying no one would know about it unless I had to
use it. Only morons have show and tell time at the shelter with weapons.

Bryan

> On the opposite end of the spectrum, I would like to ask
> this question:  If I told you that next year you will
> definitely be attacked by an angry bear (moose, alligator, 
> insert other angry, or even not so angry wildlife here) while 
> hiking, would you take a weapon or not?  What if you had your 
> kids with you?