I may have posted this before, if so I apologize.. it popped up again in my news cycle..find it very interesting as I live in the middle of griz and black bear country.. Fact is I picked up 2 new handguns in the last week.. A Walther PDP compact in 9MM and a S&W M&P 2.0 in 10MM ..The Smith was purchased with bears in mind.. I really like the feel of the M&P line..have carried one in 9MM for CC for the past 8 years or so..Anyway, this is a good article

Defense Against Bears with Pistols: 97% Success rate, 37 incidents by Caliber
Ammoland Inc. Posted on February 19, 2018 by Dean Weingarten

https://www.ammoland.com/2018/02/defense...0#axzz7GWHwP1Z1