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<blockquote data-quote="rammac" data-source="post: 1854158" data-attributes="member: 27761">Seriously, why do you assume that you can deploy a spray faster than a gun?Why do you assume that a spray will stop a bear any better than a gun?If you can carry the spray in your hand then why can&#039;t you carry a handgun?If you are carrying a gun in your hand then why would you not be able to shoot just as quickly as you would spray?The problem most people have with a bear charge is that they haven&#039;t really thought about it happening to them or practiced in any way that would resemble that kind of situation.&nbsp; If you haven&#039;t programmed your brain to react to an emergency then most often you&#039;ll just freeze, I spent 20+ years in the Marine Corps and that&#039;s the only thing that makes a person able to react well when he experiences a life and death situation - practice.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t care less about the argument about whether bear spray is better than a gun, or if a bow is somehow more magical than a gun, what matters is how the person involved reacts.&nbsp; If you aren&#039;t prepared then you wont react well.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been in tense situations with bears, moose, and mountain lions, not to mention a few bad people, and I can tell you that if you&#039;ve practiced you won&#039;t really think, your body will just react.&nbsp; Your focus will be on identification of the threat and you&#039;ll have time to decide if you should shoot.&nbsp; If you haven&#039;t had any experience with that kind of situation then you&#039;re just going to either shoot automatically without thinking or you&#039;ll freeze.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rammac, post: 1854158, member: 27761"] Seriously, why do you assume that you can deploy a spray faster than a gun? Why do you assume that a spray will stop a bear any better than a gun? If you can carry the spray in your hand then why can't you carry a handgun? If you are carrying a gun in your hand then why would you not be able to shoot just as quickly as you would spray? The problem most people have with a bear charge is that they haven't really thought about it happening to them or practiced in any way that would resemble that kind of situation. If you haven't programmed your brain to react to an emergency then most often you'll just freeze, I spent 20+ years in the Marine Corps and that's the only thing that makes a person able to react well when he experiences a life and death situation - practice. I couldn't care less about the argument about whether bear spray is better than a gun, or if a bow is somehow more magical than a gun, what matters is how the person involved reacts. If you aren't prepared then you wont react well. I've been in tense situations with bears, moose, and mountain lions, not to mention a few bad people, and I can tell you that if you've practiced you won't really think, your body will just react. Your focus will be on identification of the threat and you'll have time to decide if you should shoot. If you haven't had any experience with that kind of situation then you're just going to either shoot automatically without thinking or you'll freeze. [/QUOTE]

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