BTW, there is no such thing as a "bear repelling handgun. " A 12-gauge shotgun will work, but bear spray is better.
Works on cops too, if you are a normal tourist to the Capitol and want them to stand still long enough to hug and kiss them.
There is a handgun that will kill a bear...the American guys on YouTube said a 12 gauge shotgun is best but it the bear surprises you and is too close to get the shotgun a .44 magnum handgun will do.
"If you're in Alaska, have been fishing, and are sitting around the campfire"....that would never be me, so bears and mountain lions will very likely never cross my path...but these things are handy to know...we might be in America on vacation one day...stranger things have happened.
Hopefully I never find myself or the two of us lost in the snow sitting on a tarp under a tree, blanket over our heads trying to keep warm by candle light.
But at least I now know it's possible.