re guns in backcountry no thanks in article netnews upenn edu egedi ahwenasa cis upenn edu dania m egedi writes in article apr csd newshost stanford edu andy sail stanford edu andy freeman writes in article apr midway uchicago edu pkgeragh gsbphd uchicago edu kevin geraghty writes wrong about the whole guns for protection mindset it ignores the why if you re not a threat you re not affected at all aha that s the part that makes me nervous too who gets to decide if i am a threat based on appearance would someone feel more threatened actions determine whether someone presents a threat and i don t carry a gun so much for people cause i tend to fade if there are any about but due to several encounters with formerly domestic dogs these critters ain t scared of folks and can get aggressive on staying at and saw someone sitting there cleaning his gun softly i backed away and hiked another miles to get out of there i ll freely admit it here i m not afraid of guns i m afraid of people that bring them into the backcountry i d count that as a fear of guns somebody having the sense to keep their weapons maintained isn t as likely to present a threat the army taught me to clean any weapons daily since they usually need it regardless of whether they ve been used you d be amazed how sweaty a holster can get or how much trail dust will get in it and i guess you d be scared of me and my former explorer post seems the advisors were national guard special forces grunts and considered it heresy to be out in the woods without a weapon course usually you wouldn t notice em they tended to avoid public scrutiny of course that may be the way to solve the solitude problem just carry a gun and display it prominently and one probably won t see most of the other hikers out there who will be hiding in the woods dania my mm goes in a hip holster mixed in with magazine pouches hold lotsa stuff in them canteens knives compasses and such not so easy to notice in the off chance i decide to be visible i prefer not to be since walking quietly away from active areas increases the number of non human type critters i see james james s cochrane when in danger or in doubt run in this space gt a prism gatech edu circles scream and shout for rent
