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[โ€“] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My coworker has a similar "joke": Why do you hike with a handgun in bear county? So that, when the bear charges, you can shoot yourself and not have to experience being shredded to death.

The video is by a guy who runs a hunting channel. He dives into the old gun-versus-bear-spray question by interviewing attack survivors and game management personnel, getting some formal training, running through simulated attack drills, etc. The results are sobering. I appreciated his humble approach to the topic. I've heard too many people confidently say their 10mm Auto is all they need.

[โ€“] Sxan@piefed.zip 6 points 3 days ago

Or, the other, darker joke about two friends going backpacking, and one has a .22 "bear gun." When his friend says, "a bear gun? What's that going to do to a bear?" And his friend replies, "Oh, it's not for shooting the bear. It's for shooting you in the leg, so the bear gets you and I can get away."