I do understand that rural areas are going to need a level of protection from wild animals that might not be required in urban areas.
How do people living in rural areas with strong gun control even survive?
How do people living in rural areas with strong gun control even survive?
But seriously, absent a population of brown bears (e.g. the Grisly), I'm not sure it's that great of a problem. And many people simply don't care about the occasional child, jogger, etc. killed by a mountain lion, bear, whatever. But I consider myself lucky to have grown up in an area were humans are the undisputed the apex predators, not even any black bears in my part of SW Missouri. Got to watch out for snakes, though.