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I don't worry about bears and critters, as I don't live in the woods nor have plans to travel in said woods. If I end up for an extended period in bear country, I'll be more worried about adequate food, water, and shelter than a bear. And though a bear can certainly run faster than me, he'll have a much easier time chasing down the guy carrying 200 12ga slugs in his backpack.
Water isn't hard to find in the Smoky's (where the bear discussion came from). Food, eh, if you're near one of the lakes you'd be okay (fish mostly). I strongly agree with the shotgun weight statement though. The best thing to do for a bear if you can't kill him is scare him off, and I thank a couple loud bangs would suffice, unless he was enraged, then no matter how fast you run you're boned.
But why carry concealed in these situations (disaster situation is understandable, however)? I think visibility would be a good deterrent to others, to some degree at least.
9mm ammo around here is hard to find, its a lucky day if wal-mart has any. Mostly its .40 and .45 (which are my first choices).
Still like my railed rifle with attached .22 idea
Since disaster and end of the world is different you can list two different choices accordingly.