the ZOMBIE fad

[Hookeye]

Own no "Operator" or "Zombie" stuff.

Being an art/music person...............zombie was in the old days a term used (even by us late nighters) for the drunken/hungover person(s) coming into the breakfast house (usually a Denny's).

Specific terminology, not applied to the general late hr masses.

I do however think it applicable these days (in a wider sense) to be a substitution for the word "liberal".

 

[strahd71]

I think the zombie fad is a great thing for the firearms community.

It's not my thing, but the new generation of gun owners seem to be into the comic/movie/gamer base. So naturally we've heard young people remark about this or that being in Call of Duty or some other video game.

Companies (good ones) know a good marketing tool when they pay attention.

I think guns marked as "Tactical, Operator, Commando, etc" are just as stupid as any "Zombie" inspired product, especially the middle aged fat guy that buys an "operator something" and really believes he's an operator.

My mom says im an operator........

Jake

 

[IndyGunworks]

Hmmm

anybody else see it coming?

 

[kawtech87]

Hmmm

Wrong thread buddy, try this one.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...cussion/196607-you_can_own_and_carry_but.html

If you even get there w/o meeting the ban hammer that is.

 

[scottka]

I bet he's got a sweet gun picked out in the Classifieds.

 

[LEaSH]

My mom says im an operator........

Jake

Yeah, but she usually means Smooth Operator.

 

[rugertoter]

Hell man, I even saw a "Zombie" documentary on television a few weeks ago. It had these clowns that dress up as Zombies and just hang out. I thought to myself, "Yeah, that's what I want to be, a smelly rotting corps just hanging around". Sigh.

 

[bmbutch]

No harm in some Zombie Love. I like The Walking Dead show, enjoy all the zombie stuff @ gun shows, and "gasp" I have a Zombie Hunter T-Shirt I picked up @ last fall's Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot. The chicks dig my T-Shirt, I politely smile & tell them I'm married....ok, maybe, just maybe I made that last part.

 

[findingZzero]

I think Zombie is the new Commie.

 

[KillStick]

It is whole heartedly taken over the muncie area, almost all of the younger shooters have converted or taken this zombie thing to the max. You can't go to the ranges anymore with out seeing some kind of zombie propaganda .

 

[KillStick]

I don't mind the movies and tv shows, I find them entertaining, but I don't base my whole arsenal around them.

 

[Hexa-Tula]

I agree, it's stupid. Just a marketing ploy that these companies have embraced.

 

[Mackey]

I don't mind the movies and tv shows, I find them entertaining, but I don't base my whole arsenal around them.

I was made aware that Zombies were real during a Scooby Doo movie "Zombie Island" where Fred tried to pull a zombie's mask off and off came the head. It was the first time that the monsters in a Scooby Doo show/movie were actually real. That was 1998.
That's when I think it all started.
Zoiks

 

[Cannon762]

I'm with you, OP, I can't take it anymore. I think this was my absolute last straw. I was talking to some very comic-book-obsessed friends about guns, as they were discussing which guns they wanted to buy in preparation for the OMGZOMBIEAPOCALYPSE. It came up that I daily carried and one of them asked why I carried a gun. I said, "for the protection of myself and my family, should the need arise." They then started glancing back and forth like I was some kind of nut.

"I have guns for the rise of mythological creatures from the grave" = socially acceptable

"I have guns to protect myself and my family from real-world people who want to do us harm" = nutjob

 

[Boost Lee]

Sorry for the call out, but some of you take it too seriously (the zombie hating thing).

It's been mentioned once; I'll mention it again, in detail.

In the 90's? If you liked Zombies, you wore black clothes and upside down crosses.
It's not the 90's anymore.

And the Zombie hype is no different than people that are Star Wars fanatics.
It's a hobby. Why knock it? If you're not into it, don't buy it or anything about it.
It's only all in good fun. I'm absolutely a Zombie movie/game fanatic, but I don't own any Zombie GUNS. Some stickers/shirts, etc here and there? Sure.

For sake of all beloved Gun Owners, if you're into Zombies, you're probably into Prepping in some fashion,
and keeping it on a civil level and keeping it fun, an apocalyptic crash (like a zombie outbreak) just keeps things interesting/something to have fun with.

Again, if it's not your thing, don't worry about it. It's not hurting anybody and it certainly isn't as bad as some weird things people are into. If you'd like me to supply examples, I may.

Jeff

 

[ubertux]

Sorry for the call out, but some of you take it too seriously (the zombie hating thing).

It's been mentioned once; I'll mention it again, in detail.

In the 90's? If you liked Zombies, you wore black clothes and upside down crosses.
It's not the 90's anymore.

And the Zombie hype is no different than people that are Star Wars fanatics.
It's a hobby. Why knock it? If you're not into it, don't buy it or anything about it.
It's only all in good fun. I'm absolutely a Zombie movie/game fanatic, but I don't own any Zombie GUNS. Some stickers/shirts, etc here and there? Sure.

For sake of all beloved Gun Owners, if you're into Zombies, you're probably into Prepping in some fashion,
and keeping it on a civil level and keeping it fun, an apocalyptic crash (like a zombie outbreak) just keeps things interesting/something to have fun with.

Again, if it's not your thing, don't worry about it. It's not hurting anybody and it certainly isn't as bad as some weird things people are into. If you'd like me to supply examples, I may.

Jeff

+1

 

[BigMoose]

I think Zombie is the new Commie.

Some of us still want to shoot the Commies.... Dammit..

 

[churchmouse]

Sorry for the call out, but some of you take it too seriously (the zombie hating thing).

It's been mentioned once; I'll mention it again, in detail.

In the 90's? If you liked Zombies, you wore black clothes and upside down crosses.
It's not the 90's anymore.

And the Zombie hype is no different than people that are Star Wars fanatics.
It's a hobby. Why knock it? If you're not into it, don't buy it or anything about it.
It's only all in good fun. I'm absolutely a Zombie movie/game fanatic, but I don't own any Zombie GUNS. Some stickers/shirts, etc here and there? Sure.

For sake of all beloved Gun Owners, if you're into Zombies, you're probably into Prepping in some fashion,
and keeping it on a civil level and keeping it fun, an apocalyptic crash (like a zombie outbreak) just keeps things interesting/something to have fun with.

Again, if it's not your thing, don't worry about it. It's not hurting anybody and it certainly isn't as bad as some weird things people are into. If you'd like me to supply examples, I may.

Jeff

Makes sense. My only disagreement....every gun I own would and could be used on a Zombie...

 

[jbombelli]

People like to have fun.

What's the problem?

 

[strahd71]

Yeah, but she usually means Smooth Operator.

i doubt it, my mom isnt any to saying anything nice really.............

jake