Do you carry a firearm on the trail? Carry another weapon, or go naked?
Clip aka steve hiker
What do you carry for protection?
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#3
I carry lots of protection. I carry DEET for protection from bugs, food to protect me from hunger, iodine to protect my water, a bag and rope to protect my food from bears, plastic bags to protect things from getting wet, clothes and a sleeping bag for cold, Tobasco to protect from bland food, Frogg Toggs and a tarp for protection from rain. Then there’s other stuff for protection from chafed legs, chapped lips, dirty hands, poor oral hygiene, and toilet paper is a form of protection too. Shoes protect my feet and socks protect my feet from my shoes.
I guess everything I carry is for protection.
Dances with Mice
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#5
Ask all of the folks that were murdered, raped, assaulted or robbed in the last 30 years on the AT. There’s quite a few you know.
JoJo
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#6
Here we go Clip! You opened up THE can of worms. Evil guns, scared misinformed liberals are gonna go off.
Wolf
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#8
I carry a gun because I have a tiny penis and I’m afraid of the deep dark woods with all the scary bunnies and birdies! :bawling
JBL
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#9
You may not need a gun, but I’d like the option of having a weapon. Better than ending up as strips of “sapiens filet” for ursus arctos horribilis, or americanis.
By the way I’m not the JBL who has posted on Whiteblaze, just a troll looking to stir up some trouble here. :evil
steve hiker
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#10
Just as an aside, I’m sure that many many more people die in this country due to gun accidents than bear attacks.
Whining Liberal Whacko
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#11
I picture some duly “protected” individual,fumbling thru his pack in the face of a wild bear attack,looking for a weapon that would only have enough power to commit suicide with as he crapped his pants!
The odds of stopping a bear that is intent on harming you,with a gun you could carry in your pack is extremly small.It would require a perfect brain stem,or spinal cord severing shot.
Your avg. grizz can cover ~100 yds @ 45 mph with it’s heart exploded.
When in alaska the locals carried a sawed-off 10 gauge for protection while fishing.So if your taking your glock take plenty of salt you may end up eating it.
Onlyone