I've been thinking about this too (because our family members all have CC). The difficulty would be trying to get a clean shot (or several) to the bear without risk of hitting the child. I would imagine that this situation happened too fast and somewhat frenzied. It may have been a tough call for even a well armed, skilled marksman.
"would imagine that this situation happened too fast and somewhat frenzied. It may have been a tough call for even a well armed, skilled marksman."
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This is not a long range moment..you get as close as you can and shoot hitting a bear with sticks means they were very close to it ..but more likely they would have been able to chase the bear off with just a warning shot prior to the attack.
That, and most CC weapons are medium caliber guns. One of those might just make a bear madder.