I don't know if you have ever visited Alaska, but I watched a homeowner trying to take out a bag of garbage and a bear with cabs coming to try and snatch it. Pe

I don't know if you have ever visited Alaska, but I watched a homeowner trying to take out a bag of garbage and a bear with cabs coming to try and snatch it. Personally, I would want whoever in the family is doing that to have some kind of a failsafe if a wildlife interaction goes wrong. If not a gun, then high end bear spray that would still be dangerous to a human if misused. Do you really think that even teenagers should never take out garbage in Alaska? There are also places where a cellphone is the right risk/benefit balance.