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Handy, Mark. Thanks!

Steve, I would like to hear whether you are able to follow up with this, as Bob suggested, and whether they reverse the rotten decision the store handed you today. When I read the West Marine price-matching policy, a couple of weeks ago, I took it to be unequivocal: we will match any price...

Thanks Peter and Judy, that's helpful (why didn't I think to check Wikipedia?). In the states, too, there are literally dozens of organizations with authority (and, often, boats to back it up) to conduct on-the-water police activities. Coast Guard, Navy, U.S. marshals, Homeland Security, Drug...

Someone please correct me if my hasty Googling has left me misinformed, but I gather that the Royal Canadian Navy has many of the the coastal surveillance and patrol responsibilities, "including general naval operations and exercises, search and rescue, law enforcement, resource protection and...

Interesting point. Do the Mounties have a marine enforcement section, independent of the Coast Guard?

Mark, what's the SOP if a kid points a Bug-A-Salt at one of your guys?

Good to know, Mark. We'll stay in the boat when you're around.

Can you be stopped with bear spray?

I think the warning shot first, shooting of the bear last approach is what I would have to try with my short-barreled, pistol-grip 12 gauge pump. At least, that's always been my plan—either that, or use the gun on myself. I agree with you, Tom, about the limited accuracy of such a gun at a range...

An American perspective on the War of 1812 from PBS essay: Most scholars agree that the war was fought over maritime issues, particularly the Orders in Council, which restricted American trade with the European Continent, and impressment, which was the Royal Navy’s practice of removing seamen...

Tom, you seem to be raising two new interesting lines of inquiry, related to criminal intent (on the part of the bear), and range. At what range would you make a determination about the bear's intent, and start shooting? Would it be the same range for rifle and shotgun? Might you shoot a little...

Thanks for sharing this, Peter and Judy. I didn't see any information in the link you provided about the legality of carrying a firearm, out of season, without the express purpose of hunting. If that's accurate—if it's prohibited—it ends my consideration of a firearms option for the Inside...

Carried on a sling over your shooting side shoulder, a shotgun with a pistol grip (no stock) and an 18-inch (shortest legal) barrel can be deployed very quickly. Next best thing to a cosmic ray gun.

Here's a scary article, which makes a strong case for shotguns. I very much doubt bear spray would have done a lick of good in this case. Speaking of the effect of a shotgun blast, the author wrote: “Well, here's the thing you need to understand about shotguns. All of those pellets come...

Thanks Tom. That's helpful.

Bob is right of course, this is being overanalyzed ... but since I've just spent a few hours reading the stories Colby cited, and abstracts of the two studies they were based on ... Colby, thanks for the links. I stand corrected. Please pardon my initial skepticism. These appear to be thorough...

Tom, I'm new to this discussion—but how does allowing Atlantic salmon farming in our waters help recover native runs to a point where anyone gets to fish?

Tosca, it would be great if you could point us to one of these studies, so we can understand the underlying methodology. Lacking that, I remain a skeptic.

Science, schmience. I'm having trouble picturing how one would go about conducting such a study. Would you be performing the tests with volunteer bears, caged bears, or simulated holographic bears? Old crippled-up really hungry bears (like the one that ate that guy and his girlfriend)...

Because the bars had just closed?