North Cascade Grizzly Bear Meeting in Darrington 5/14

[luvmystang67]

We hear a lot along the lines of:

"If it only saves one life it will have been worth it."  - When it comes to gun control

Serious question.  If they reintroduce grizzlys... do you think that more or less than 1 person will die in the next 50 years from Grizz if they take hold?

If just one person dies... will the griz reintroduction have been worth it?

How many pet and livestock deaths create the breakeven point of being worth it?

I would just like the same logic applied by the same people.

[heronblu]

We hear a lot along the lines of:

"If it only saves one life it will have been worth it."  - When it comes to gun control

Serious question.  If they reintroduce grizzlys... do you think that more or less than 1 person will die in the next 50 years from Grizz if they take hold?

If just one person dies... will the griz reintroduction have been worth it?

How many pet and livestock deaths create the breakeven point of being worth it?

I would just like the same logic applied by the same people.

That argument isn't doing anyone any favors. If I were to play devils advocate I would cite the overwhelming evidence that guns are far more dangerous in the hands of the wrong person then the odd grizzly or two roaming around in the woods. I'm not saying that I am an advocate for gun control, simply that this isn't really a comparable scenario. If people are really concerned about the risk of death or injury by a previously extirpated and now reintroduced species why are there not more angry posts about Western WA Elk? If we are to be smart advocates for hunting, or gun rights, public land use rights etc we need to forego the scripted buzzwords, the blind broad statements, and the sweeping generalizations and make some truly informed arguments.