Originally Posted By: martinfocazio
OK folks. Here's the Equipped angle on this.


QUESTION: Is a gun a valid piece of equipment to include in a survival kit given the most likely scenarios you'd encounter in a place like Yellowstone park?


THE ARGUMENT FOR:
If you think it IS a good and valid piece of equipment, please cite, with evidence, not hypothesis, past situations where a person successfully used a firearm in a survival-related matter while in a national park or similar wildland. Explain how the use of a firearm resulted in a person or persons surviving a situation that otherwise would have been fatal.


This video and article are self-explanatory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjHiu4RWMBk
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/22/b-c-filmmaker-narrowly-escapes-grizzly-bear-attack/

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These cases are evidence of survival in an urban wilderness, which is appropriate given that this site has an Urban Preparedness Forum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtrgFtf8QY0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7k_12sNcio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfDB1eVIgZw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzGY3sQbeJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mmnnOV1ZYc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDpGQKfnkVg

There are many more. These real cases may not fit squarely into your narrow requirements, but real life doesn't fit squarely into your narrow requirements either.
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