If they're sufficiently prepared, in whatever way, shape and form is appropriate for them, they generally don't make the news.The Annoyed Man wrote:That goes without saying.... but you have to understand that there are tens of millions of people who enjoy the outdoors who are not gun owners. They may not even be anti-gun. Guns just aren't a part of their lives. Guns aren't on their radar.....so it just doesn't occur to them to carry one along. But those same people may be otherwise experienced and well-equipped outdoorsmen.Running Arrow Bill wrote:In any event, any serious outdoor activity should include proper equipment, pre-planning, and in wilderness areas some type of firearm for the occasional, if not rare, with a bear, cougar, etc.
Politics aside, clearly some people are woefully unprepared for "Nature, red in tooth and claw" in all her glory. Perhaps such is outside their worldview. Perhaps they're willfully unprepared. IDK.