You must just plop down and sit on them big ol' nuts a yours and wait for a bear to wander by! Holy smokes.
My luck I'd have a 357 rifle in my hand when a 500 pound chopping block head bear came down the trail I was parked on! No thanks!
I think the question is not "Will the 357 kill a bear? We all know it will.
The question is, "Will it kill the bear before he does a Timothy Treadwell on your ass?"