For many years old wife's tales have rule the bear vs handgun debate or simply firearm's for self-defense.

One of those that seem to never go away is that your more likely to get killed by lightning.

Three related articles for those who are interested.

https://www.ammoland.com/2020/...d-lightning-strikes/

https://www.washingtonpost.com...ry.html?utm_campaign

https://gunwatch.blogspot.com/...-is-more-deadly.html