I forgot to mention, I knew a man who was mauled by a bear and I asked him about it, he shot the bear with a .300 win mag, three times, and the bear still put his *** literally this man was in the bears mouth at about the hip, the man I'm speaking of, clearly lived to tell about it. Bear defense is actions going in and going out, it's not this dream that people have where the biggest bear that ever lived, charges without warning and from behind, remember how rare that really is, that being said, a person who is aware of his surroundings can effectively defend himself with a G20, if he needs to climb a tree, or dodge behind his truck in the process, so be it. As I see it, bear defense is a strategy, tactic and skill. You can have a .300 win mag and still get eaten. Once that bear gets on top those long guns are hard to point. Even when that gat is 6 or 7 inches. It's hard.