Yup, black bears are lower risks than browns, and attacks rarely end with fatalities. That doesn’t mean I wanna fistfight a bear because it felt like starting something while I’m alone in the woods miles from help.

Yes and no. They’re not as large or aggressive as a grizzle bear, but they’re absolutely still bears. I’ve had encounters where one walked right up into my camp and stole my dinner completely undeterred by me or any noise I made. I’ve also been stalked through the woods by a lone thin looking bear, probably looking for an opportunity to get the drop on me… and then there’s the mama bears. I don’t go out in the woods without bear mace and a heavy caliber handgun with bear loads, better safe than food.

After thought: I also have bear bells that announce my presence as I walk, and more often than not, that will be enough to scare off any in the area so my encounters are rare and spread out over years… still would rather be safe.

America doesn’t have insane gun laws. We have outdated gun laws that are in need of some common sense reforms, which is a monumentally difficult task due to gun ownership being baked into our country from the founding. The only way to change this is through a constitutional amendment, which would need to be approved by 38 or more states, and more than half our lands are still mostly undeveloped rural areas where guns are very much still a necessity to live there.

The world is not like the US period. What works for the world won’t necessarily work for America.

Switzerland has 28 privately owned guns for every 100 residents.

America has 120 privately owned guns for every 100 residents.

Please explain how 28 is more than 120? Must be counting with that metric system I’m to American to understand.

I’m no expert on the subject, but if I were to venture a gues as to why that is, I’d probably point to Switzerland’s population being just 9 million while America’s is over 340 million as a starting point.

I’m not trying to justify any gun deaths, especially of children, because I hunt. Those are your words, and I’d thank you to not put them in my mouth. What I said is there’s still parts of this country that people need guns for food and protection from dangerous animals.

Believe it or not, there are some of us out here in the woods that still rely on firearms as a part of our daily lives to both put food on the table and protect against dangerous animals in the area (mainly black bears around me).