Gun Control & RKBA

ret5hd

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12. We hike almost constantly. A lot of far back woods.

Fri Jun 30, 2023, 12:18 PM

Jun 2023

Last week we (spouse and I) saw 3 black bears in two days…black, chocolate, and cinnamon.

We hike in city parks. We have walked miles and miles in NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, Miami, Belize City, Barcelona, London, Ghent/Bruges, Dallas/Fort Worth, Portland, Denver, Atlanta, etc etc etc. Through good parts of town and bad.

We camp, very often completely isolated, nobody around for miles. Sometimes in a campground, with others within feet.

Not once, ever, have we felt the need for a gun in any of those situations.

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Woman Hiker Makes Compelling Argument for Carrying a Gun on Her Trails [View all] sarisataka Jun 2023 OP

Women have more reason to tote than men. However, it's mostly men toting on trails or elsewhere. Silent Type Jun 2023 #1

Bear repellent doesn't work on humans. ret5hd Jun 2023 #2

bear repellent markie Jun 2023 #6

Bear Repellant definitely works on humans. bottomofthehill Jun 2023 #9

I know it does. My sarcasm projector is faulty today. ret5hd Jun 2023 #11

Perhaps things worked out for this one woman but AndyS Jun 2023 #3

We hike almost constantly. A lot of far back woods. ret5hd Jun 2023 #12

Yet it worked out here TexasDem69 Jul 2023 #15

So far . . . AndyS Jul 2023 #17

Gn humoers gonna be gun-humpers NoRethugFriends Jun 2023 #4

"Distractify" seems to be an online 'peoples' magazine for the viral video era sanatanadharma Jun 2023 #5

I hike alone markie Jun 2023 #7

Are you male or female? SharonAnn Jun 2023 #13

I am female markie Jun 2023 #14

I don't blame her- Sadly, most women Quakerfriend Jun 2023 #8

There is no way I would hike alone without a gun. I had one encounter on doc03 Jun 2023 #10

I've hiked parts of the Appalachian Trail TexasDem69 Jul 2023 #16