And another misconception bites the dust.

https://www.ammoland.com/2019/...owstone-backcountry/


A few years ago, I held the widespread belief that in the wild, humans were far more dangerous than bears. Humans are the top predator on the planet. They routinely prey on their own. Far more humans are killed by humans than by bears.

The reality is more complex. As I researched bear attacks and the effectiveness of using handguns to stop those attacks, I found I was mistaken about the comparative danger of humans. Comparing how many people are killed by humans against how many are killed by bears is a misleading metric. There are hundreds of millions of people in North America, and somewhat less than a million bears. About six percent of those are grizzly bears. There are about ten to fifteen thousand polar bears associated with North America. The danger of something is not represented by how many people are killed or hurt, out of the entire human population. Rather, the danger of something is more reliably measured by how many people are killed or hurt per the item in question in relation to exposure to humans.

In Griz country, you better be on your toes a bit more then in bad neighborhoods

Ban AR 15's and AK 47's and The Killings will stop!!!.............lol

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Originally posted by boarkiller:
In Griz country, you better be on your toes a bit more then in bad neighborhoods

You have never been in South Chitcago or Milwaukee .

Slider:

You're full of shit pal!

How many killings were there every year
before these two guns were even invented.

PDS:
I believe you're right there. Most but,
not all of the articles discussing the
murder rates explain it's measured by
# per 100,000.

Good post PDS. Further discussion will surely
follow.

George

From natives on to the first white men to encounter grizzly bears. Knew that they were are very dangerous.

People who live with bears understand they can be dangerous.

Even then there are always a few that haven't had a bad encounter say oh not really.

It just the last 50 or so years when their numbers were greatly reduce and more people live in the cities.

That modern humans do not realize it or are in denial. What a interesting thing Walt Disney has done for us.

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Originally posted by OLBIKER:

quote:

Originally posted by boarkiller:
In Griz country, you better be on your toes a bit more then in bad neighborhoods

You have never been in South Chitcago or Milwaukee .

In both places being properly armed and having good situational awareness is very helpful.

I tend to avoid big cities and bad neighborhoods.

But I really enjoy traveling in the wilds places where bears live. I also live in prime black bear country.

Heck I killed a 500 pound black bear 100 yards from the house and see them nearby several times a year.