[pct-l] first night out

[Ron Dye]

I'll bet $100 that the gun doesn't make it all the way to Canada.  Weight
tends to infuse us with common sense as the miles build.

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Gerry Zamora
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:03 PM
To: Devon Taig
Cc: Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] first night out

Canada rules.  Sorry no taser for me I like the smell of gun powder.  At the
end of the day does it matter as long as we are all safe.  Like I said I
wont be walking around flashing it besides myself and whomsoever im hiking
with no one will have a clue.  Better that way.
On Mar 17, 2011 3:33 PM, "Devon Taig" <devon.taig at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you really must be armed, how about using pepper spray or a taser
instead
> of a gun? The link below is for a small cell-phone sized taser.
>
> Check it out:
http://www.beststungun.com/firestorm-cell-phone-stun-gun.html
>
> Downside of a gun:
>
> 1. A gun is heavy
> 2. A gun is extremely dangerous / lethal
> 3. A gun may not be legal
> 4. A gun to be affective against a bear would need to be a very *BIG* gun
> and be well aimed. I'm not claiming that a taser will bring down a bear (I
> seriously doubt it would), but neither will a .22 (not in a worthwhile
> period of time anyway).
> 5. A gun can't be pulled out of your pocket like a taser and is therefore
> less available.
> 6. A gun makes other hikers feel uncomfortable.
> 7. In most situations (e.g. someone opens your tent in the middle of the
> night looking for food, or a drunk guy in camp is sexually harassing you)
a
> gun is really more fire-power than you want. Do you really want to point a
> gun at someone (or God forbid use it) in a situation like that?
Particularly
> at night where it is really hard to assess the situation accurately? Of
> course not. So better not to have it at all so that when you're scared (as
> a person would have good reason to be in the above situations) they don't
> overreact and kill someone. If you need to, sleep with your taser next to
> you. **With the safety on**
>
>
>
> <http://www.beststungun.com/firestorm-cell-phone-stun-gun.html>
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