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For personal curiosity (that killed the cat): why is it scary? Growing up in a rural area with lots of bears and boars, having to go anywhere without any weapon
by AdrianB1 7y ago
For personal curiosity (that killed the cat): why is it scary? Growing up in a rural area with lots of bears and boars, having to go anywhere without any weapon (guns are banned) is very scary. A gun, a hunting knife or an ax are just tools to me, same as a screwdriver, a vacuum cleaner or a lighter.
- olalonde 7y agoContext is important. Someone carrying a hunting rifle in a rural area isn't that scary. Someone walking into a McDonald with a hand gun is.
- Retric 7y agoIf you are genuinely concerned about bears a hunting knife is almost worthless vs a can of bear mace. Hand guns fit between them, but are vastly less useful than most assume. https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jwmg.342 https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jwm... As to why people might be cautious, I would say it’s completely rational behavior. A linebacker is more physically dangerous than a baby and people react to them differently. Becoming desensitized is just a normal response to exposure, not a more or less rational behavior.
- AdrianB1 7y agoI never suggested that a hunting knife or an ax is of any use in a bear encounter, not even a handgun is of any value in a boar encounter, I just enumerated some things that are tools, are commonly open carried in the woods and are scary for some people.
- Retric 7y agoUhh, what did you mean by “having to go anywhere without any weapon (guns are banned) is very scary” ?
- baby 7y agoA gun is a tool to kill people I guess.