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Something to ponder for you Zombie Hunters
bullit:
bkoening,
Knowing Marty as a retired LEO and now attorney and considering his credentials, I don't take lightly his comments (and inferring you are either). In short, he's been there, done than, and seen it. That being said, I sent him an email asking for his thoughts using targets similiar to the ones you posted because your comments were simliar to my thoughts. Last month in his discussion on competition shooting he had nothing to say about photo/scenario targets in that venue. Needless to say, it is an interesting topic and what lawyers can come up with. Will let you know what I hear back.
JTH:
I must admit, while I have a significant amount of respect for Mr. Hayes and his experience, I think he is going extremely far out on a limb to say what he did---and that to come to his conclusion, he had to make a number of leaps of judgement that are not logical.
Seriously, now. Most people who practice actual self-defense tactics (of which Mr. Hayes is one) occasionally use photo-realistic targets. Matter of fact, there has been a solid push recently for LEOs to use them also. So---as people in this thread have said--which will look worse, a human target, or an obvious horror-movie caricature of a zombie? As since the photo-realistic target isn't going to work for the prosecution, the zombie target argument is certainly going to fall flat.
Zombie stages, practice, and silliness is _fun_. As such, people have more fun practicing, competing, and shooting in general--so they will shoot more, and get better, comparitively. If anyone thinks that the general shooter actually expects to defend against zombies, then there isn't much to say...
I thought it was hilarious when Hornady came out with their Z-match ammo. And as has been argued elsewhere, preparation for a zombie apocalypse is ALSO generally good preparation for any large-scale disaster. (At least, that is what the CDC thinks, which is why they started talking about ZA preparations.) Considering Katrina here, and Japan recently, perhaps disaster preparation is a good idea.
But hey, I'm one of those USPSA guys who shoots at _silhouette_ targets on a monthly basis! I must obviously be in line for some serious trouble from the prosecution if I'm ever in court.
Or maybe----that really isn't going to be a big deal.
unfy:
I believe starting with about my generation (i'm in my mid 30's) -- there's an inherent fun to the zombie thing. movies, tv, video games.... lots of zombie shooting. i doubt anyone other than arm chair commandos or nut cases put any weight behind 'zombie gun'.
as far as catastrophic oh-**** situations... well... since we can't own any full auto's without a stamp and all of that... nor any other 'interesting' weaponry.... whatever. any large magazine shotty or semiauto rifle fits the 'zombie' bill just fine from an ordinary citizen stand point heh.
as a marketing ploy, it's tongue in cheek.... and goes with a lot of other pointless / senseless marketing crap that's out there. i honestly find it slightly refreshing to see some slightly amusing gun marketing. hell, i really should pick up some of hornady's z-max bullets just as a collector's thing for the box art :)
bkoenig:
Don't get me wrong, I think the zombie thing is silly and absurd. That's probably why I find it funny, but I can see why some people don't think silliness has any place in the firearms world. I don't take myself (or life in general) too seriously, so it doesn't bother me.
I personally think the biggest danger from the zombie thing is that it may turn off people who think it's dumb. I do think it's getting to the point where it's over done. And that's coming from a guy with a "Zombie Killer" dust cover on his SBR.
Necede:
--- Quote from: Mudinyeri on February 02, 2012, 12:09:05 PM ---As an e-buddy of mine says, "If you're prepared for zombies, you're prepared for anything." ;D
--- End quote ---
Zombies are nothing when compared to Master Vampires
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