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Who are you to want to escape a thugs bullet? That is only a personal prejudice, ( Atlas Shrugged)
"Those that don't watch the old media are uninformed, those that do watch the old media are misinformed." - Mark Twain
Some of those are so pretty I would be happy to hang them on the wall like a coat of arms. And they are functional (I think) so I wouldn't feel like a tool for buying them.Originally Posted by KevDen2005
Who are you to want to escape a thugs bullet? That is only a personal prejudice, ( Atlas Shrugged)
"Those that don't watch the old media are uninformed, those that do watch the old media are misinformed." - Mark Twain
Wow that's a lot of mula for those blades, I think I'll stick to my 12g and Louisville sluger.
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I would like to read that study. I bet they didn't include variables like guns or people that knew how to use them.
If the virus was only transferred by ingestion or through the skin like most zombie movies are I don't see it lasting more than a few days and never making it out of a single city. But if was in the water or air or just gods will like in the movie "The Stand" where everyone but the chosen few die. I could see how it would be a total loss.
Who are you to want to escape a thugs bullet? That is only a personal prejudice, ( Atlas Shrugged)
"Those that don't watch the old media are uninformed, those that do watch the old media are misinformed." - Mark Twain
I bought a 'cold steel' kukri from the gun show for $23. It is as solid or more solid that some of those display knives are.
I bought a Highlander sword once and it was so cheap I don't know why they bothered to make it out of metal at all?
I use the kukri for camping and while I wouldn't want to cut a tree down with it... it could. I used it for clearing branches off the log and worked as good as a hatchet.
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Who are you to want to escape a thugs bullet? That is only a personal prejudice, ( Atlas Shrugged)
"Those that don't watch the old media are uninformed, those that do watch the old media are misinformed." - Mark Twain
That gerber set they had in the last walking dead episodes was really nice too.
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Do you mean a cold steel vaquero? Because I know their entire line and have never seen a blade called the vakra...
everyone has an image of the zombie apocalypse and what it is...
I think of it as a metaphor to "re-manufacture" the reality of the worst possible SHTF scenario into a popular fantasy story to prevent sending the libtards into a legislative frenzy.
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Zombies have been a part of people's youth and adult life. I’ve slayed hundreds of them playing _____ (insert video game here) as a kid. We’ve all drilled our fair share of holes in zombie targets at the firing range. Please, name a video game purchased in the past five years that hasn’t somehow included zombies in it.
Many people ask each other, why are zombies the “in” thing? The answer is pretty simple: they are the ultimate politically and morally correct bad guy.
A zombie is not technically a living breathing person. There is no moral condemnation when beheading a nameless moaning drone intent on devouring your brains (and other delectableinnards). If you want to, you can even convince yourself that you’re simply aiding them to find proper rest from this frightful existence. When a corpse becomes a zombie it loses all nationality, all character traits, all morals and values. It becomes a walking meat target. You’ll feel more concern over running over a squirrel in the drive way than you will lopping heads off of grey-skinned nasties.
There are no support groups, no rights groups for these animated undead fiends. You won’t receive complaint letters or hate emails from groups rallying in support of zombie rights. You won’t strike up an awkward conversation at dinner when you realize your date’s uncle was once a zombie. You don’t fret when the house next door is vacated, that a pack of walking dead will occupy it.
On top of this, when a zombie is encountered, you’re excused for using mindless violence against them. Running over a pack of people in a bus with flame-throwers may seem a bit overzealous. Doing the same to a street full of zombies is good television. It allows people, movies, books, tv-shows to explore the natural violent nature of people. Grotesque (borderline absurd) amounts of blood, gore, and ichor are par the course. This lets people get their violent fix without concerned human rights groups complaining.
So, they make good guilt-free killing. But that’s not all.
FOR WHEN THE ZOMBIES COME…
How many people do you know who own survival equipment? How about firearms, hand to hand weapons, stores of food and water? Diesel generators andthe like? When you ask them why, you’re likely to hear the answer, "just for when the zombies come."
Now we all realize that short of some massive biological breakthrough… zombies aren’t coming. This is a sad truth, and I understand half of the readers will now punch their monitors and condemn me to the bowels of hell. The question remains though, why do people say this? I myself have heard and/or read it hundredsof times.
The answer is about as simple as the previous statement. While zombies make the perfect bad guy, they also make the perfect excuse. The response is a tongue-in-cheek answer which is a form of politically correct catch-all. It covers a vast majority of legitimate reasons, masqueraded behind a laughable jest. The zombies picked up where the Cold War left off. No longer are we concerned with “… for when the commies come.”
When someone uses this phrase as an answer to a question regarding their property or practices it can mean just about anything...
A) It can mean that they are serious. They live in a constant state of fear regarding the possibility of a life and death struggle with re-animated human corpses. This is the least likely of the reasons.
B) They have genuine doubts about the continuation of our country. Be it through war or other means, they fear that the country will not remain as it is for the foreseeable future. However they don’t want to sound like a tin-hat conspiracy theorist, so they use the zombie excuse.
C) They are concerned with defense or survival given their current living conditions. They could live in a bad neighborhood, a bad part of town, etc. When the wife or friends ask why they own a firearm, they use zombies – because open discussion about having to defend yourself will alienate someone and cause an issue.
D) They simply enjoy gathering equipment, and it is a hobby, but if they face the financial sum of what they’ve purchased… they’ll commit suicide. It is simple justification for what is more a hobby than a necessity (in their minds).
E) They are full blown nut jobs. They firmly believe that the CIA is currently observing them, wire-tapping their phones, poisoning their water, and that even their own family members are government plants while they were unconscious in a laboratory in Nevada in 1975. They’ll use zombies as an excuse because they don’t want to use any key words which will get picked up on their phone and give them away.
F) They just genuinely enjoy shooting, hiking, hunting, etc. They for some reason feel though that a conversation is moved along quickly by simply using the "z" word.
The zombie excuse covers all reasons and possibilities. It prevents uncomfortable conversations, and normally gets a laugh and the subject is forgotten. Sometimes when a touchy subject comes up, discretion is the best idea. If you perceive or recognize a threat, or potential threat, sometimes you don’t need to announce it loudly and proudly. Some people are not worth getting into a political or cultural conversation with.
If you’re on a first date and a young lady sees some firearms in your house – will you use the zombie excuse, or launch into a discussion on crime statistics of the local area and why you feel the need to be armed for your own safety?
In the past, our culture was not so averse to identifying or naming our enemies. We had "Jerries" and “Japs,” “Gooks” and “Commies.” There was always a suitable enemy, and a bevy of enjoyable nicknames and stereotypes to go along with them. There were threats in the world, and we recognized them, identified them, and scorned them. Now for those concerned with international threats, the zombie excuse is also plausible.
Look at companies who make products which are serious, lethal, or training products. Hornady just announced Z-MAX ammunition, intended for use on zombies. However, this is quality defensive ammunition. It’s easier and more fun to advertise and sell quality ammunition to someone under the guise of zombies than it is to sell it to them under the real intension of using it to save your life or the lives of your loved ones.
Many firing ranges in the US restrict the use of “human shaped” targets… but I bet you could slip in some zombie targets and people would laugh (all the while getting proper training in). The zombie excuse puts people at ease. It takes the edge of those who oppose the use of violence in self-defense. It’s a gentler, kinder threat than those that really face people in today’s world.
In the end you’ll find that zombies are the perfect bad guy, and the perfect excuse.
I always say I'm preparing for zombies so people don't think I'm a crazy guy hoarding guns and ammo lol.
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