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True, the likelyhood of being attacked is very small, but it is not the odds that is important, but the stakes: much as the likelyhood of being attacked by a criminal is pretty small, the stakes are the same. Carry weapons in cat country, and pay attention to your surroundings.
As for the "You'll be dead before you know the cat is there." tripe...... I suggest you read some of the accounts in Alaska444's link- there's one where the intended cat-lunch reached into his pocket, retrieved a folding pocket knife and cut the cat's throat while he kept the cat off his own throat with his left hand. He was pretty torn up, but he killed the lion: Never give up!
The cat may very well surrprise you, but that does not mean you have to admit defeat. It's your life, defend it! God may not have given you the keen senses he gave the cat, but he did give you a giant brain. Use it.
To that end, I'd suggest not only a gun, but a good razor sharp fixed blade knife you could get to easily.......
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