black bears

how worried are you about running into one? worried enough that if you did not have a gun with you, you would spend 40 bucks on bear pepper spray? what if you have alot of food with you? what if you are in a park where idiots feed some animals, and a bear might be more than willing to walk...

I hike daily in the National Forest right by my house. anyway I've become a bear magnet. And while the first few bear sightings were exciting........I'm getting nervous, whimpy to say but I'll be honest. So I read all the info and I know that they aren't all that dangerous. These are black...