Crossing Into Canada with a Firearm
Hi everyone: We are in the deep planning stages for a journey to Alaska, sometime in 2016. We plan to bring along a couple of firearms - a 9MM handgun and 12g shotgun. We have read, pretty much...
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Some real misinformation on the effectiveness of the proper load in a 20 gauge against bears. With 3" shells and OO buckshot or slugs it is nearly as effective as a 12 gauge, more effective than any pistol, and oh, about 1,000 times better than pepper spray. I have read the junk anti-gun studies put out by NFS on bear spray, and it is slanted and nonsense. A 20 gauge would not be my choice to go bear hunting, but it will work as a deterrent.
