To be fair , most people in the military across all branches do not use weapons in their duties . You have comm , maintenance , services , support staff , medical , etc . Actual infantry type military are a minority . <| sep |> I saw on the news here a few years ago that a guy was fishing in the mountains and a mountain lion attacked him . Then a bear came up and fought off the mountain lion . He said he thought for sure the bear would kill him . But then the bear walked off . They think the bear had babies near by and felt threatened by the mountain lion ! <| sep |> so it ' s a done deal , huh ? <| sep |> I took a buddies kid out for a walk one time , he ran ahead of me a bit and I followed along , keeping my eyes on him . Got weird looks . Took same kid out another day , this time same pattern except walking with his dad next to me . No looks .