Kayak of the Living Dead
Mary Madigan
Night of the Living Dead. Dawn of the Dead. House of the Dead. Resident Evil. 28 Days Later. Shaun of the Dead and my favorite, Night of the Comet.
If you found yourself in a zombie worst-case scenario, surrounded by brain-munching neighbors, would you survive or would you be zombie chow? Take the test.
I’d survive, but just barely (Dad never taught me how to shoot an Uzi). Unfortunately, the test didn’t ask the right question. I mean, when you’re in an urban place like London or New York, wouldn’t you head to the harbor and steal a boat? If zombies can’t run, they can’t swim - they definitely couldn’t figure out how to start one of those annoying outboard motors.
Now that I think about it, neither can I. I guess you could grab a rowboat or a kayak..
..which wouldn’t be a great moment in zombie movie cinematography. Which is probably why they never do that.
Nevermind.
[Link thanks to Michele, who takes a ‘when in Rome..’ attitude towards a zombie attack]
Unfortunately in suburbia there are few gun stores but lots of people, which means that the exurbs and rural areas are your best bet (these have fewer people/potential zombies but larger numbers of firearms stores).
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Excellent point. So I guess another key would be to discern as early as possible which type of zombie you are up against and act accordingly.
Is the naganata one of those horse-beheading weapons? The name sounds familiar, but I can't place it.
And the key is to not have to go find a gun store and arm up after the zombies appear; the key is to already have some guns.
With prices as low as they are now, there's just no excuse for not having a shotgun, rifle, or at very least a pistol for anti-zombie work.
(Given prices, the cheap option is the rifle, probably an M-44 Mosin-Nagant. As a bonus, it has a permanently attached bayonet, which will at least hold the thing still for a minute while you reload, say.
I'm certain a 7.62x54R round will quite comfortably explode a zombie's skull at 200 yards, minimum.)
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I don't know how to shoot an Uzi, but we do have a collection of Lord of the Rings trinkets in the house. I guess a Narsil sword could come in handy..
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Uzi schmoozy. I want NO bladed weapons, risk of cutting yourself in close-combat situtations. Better to kill 'em long before they get to you.
On the armament front, I think I've got an advantage. USAF base is 10 miles from here, and if WE ain't got enough guns, we've got some very heavily fortified buildings to use as a base to get guns...None of that damn baseball bat and machette crap from 28 Days Later. Give me Milla with a shotgun any day! (Sorry Brits, you'll have to fend for yourself, this Texan is in it for her own self and family.)
Favorite quote: Daddy would have gotten us Uzis..." Heh.
The naginata is a formidable weapon, especially when employed against mounted samurai - but learning to use it without hurting onesself would present quite a challenge, especially if one found himself suddenly.
The good thing about firearms is that the learning curve is quite steep, if only to use them adequately.
True mastery takes time like anything else, but I'm sure that even my mother could pick up a MAC-10 and fire it relatively accurately. I am positive her accuracy would improve greatly if she happened to be shooting at my sister's ex-husband - whether zombified or not.
We do however have very heavily armed communications and some State Department folks, plus the firing range. Also, figure in our base is a GSU (geographically seperated unit) in a very rural area of the country, and I know almost all the backroads in the area so getting from here to there but avoiding the local population would be very easy for me.
Oooh, and there is the rumor we've got an Al Quida gun runner living in one of the stately mansions near by too. (Rumor only folks, rumor only!)
I'm not saying stay there. I'm saying as a ammo depo you can't get much better in a country that's afraid of guns and bladed weapons (under 16's can NOT buy a butter knife without an adult present, COME ON!). Plus, MRE heaven here we come...puts the can goods to shame. Well, not without driving 6 hours to the most secure USA base I've seen in this country...image roof-mounted machine guns on Hummers pointed at the British and you'll get a slight taste...The Army can always be counted on to arm themselves properly! ;)