I beg to differ. Mace will just make an angry bear focus it's attention on YOU. The Mace is used to discourage a curious bear from approaching - it has never been claimed to fend off an angry bear attack.
A 9mm with a clip full of hollow-points may not stop the bear from killing - but we will both know that eventually the bear will die from the wounds inflicted upon it. A 9mm is much better than a can of spray; and any fool knows this.
it has never been claimed to fend off an angry bear attack.
____________________________________________________________
Completely false.
The kids couldn’t bring a can of bear spray into play and you think they would have done better with a handgun?
FR is a great place to go to get misinformed about bears.
***A 9mm is much better than a can of spray; and any fool knows this.***
Fred Bear, the famous big game BOW HUNTER, carried a .44 mag S&W under his jacket when he hunted grizley and other dangerous game. It was backup for his bow hunting skills.
I read that he did have to pull it on a bear but his guide stopped him from shooting as his arrow was already bleeding out the record sized bear.