thinking: for fuck's sake guys, it was a put-on

in an environment where the media currently is portraying anyone who legally carries a concealed weapon as a cold blooded vigilante who is looking for an opportunity to kill another person and claim he was standing his ground.

The Trayvon Martin shooting has been used by the media for this purpose and they tried and convicted Zimmerman without knowing all the evidence. (Realize that I do not support Zimmerman's actions with the information that I currently have).

Had it not been for the publicity that the Trayvon Martin shooting has caused, this story might have been ignored. However it currently could be misused to portray anyone who legally carries a firearm as a paranoid individual who suffers from irrational fear as some posters here in the Gungeon often insinuate.

Any intelligent person would see the humor in the advertising but often the media who definitely has an agenda against legal concealed carry will possibly use the advertisement to show that people who carry might be excessively fearful of impossible events such as being attacked by a Zombie.

rolled over the car and the last zombie looked like Mitt Romney.

Hornady took their V-Max ammo and replaced the red plastic insert with a green plastic insert, designed a new box for it and started to sell it as premium priced Z-Max or Zombie Max ammo for the coming Zombie apocalypse.

I think some people buy it for the novelty value of having a box of it to show people. But I saw a range bag the other day with the Zombie Max logo on it, so somebody is buying it. I guess it goes with the Zombie splatter targets out there now too.

Must be a really slow news day or the local news director has an agenda and couldn't come up with anything else to talk about.

Now we can all wait for the inevitable claim that Hornady is obviously encouraging people to shoot others with it, thinking they are real Zombies.

While I believe that the advertisement was designed in good humor it might be misused by those who dislike firearms to portray gun owners in a bad light.

These are the same types that get all freaky at the FBI standard targets at every range.

After all, it proves we're obviously practicing to shoot people!!!!

She teaches High School English in Chicago and has been using "Pride, Prejudice and Zombies" and a couple of other Max Brooks books like World War Z in her class this year. It actually gets them to read and makes them curious about the "Non-Zombie" versions.

I bought her a couple of packages of the Zombie splatter targets to use as "Awards" for her classes and they were a huge hit with the kids. But I kind of doubt that the Chicago School Board would approve of a box of ammunition sitting on her desk in class. Maybe to display at home?

About the only Hornady stuff I use regularly are the FXP, the pointed rounds, for my .45 Colt rifles and for my Dad's 30-30 Winchester. Remarkable difference in accuracy at 100+ yards compared to the old flat nose style.

But for what they want for 20 or 50 rounds I can buy twice the amount for the same price.


I have noticed it shows up in firearm photographs as a great prop.

Silver is too hard for repetitive friction against steel. These alternatives are also rather pricey with silver in the $28 per troy ounce range. ( If you own a silver mine, disregard, Kemo Sabe. )

...in moly and garlic powder. Zombies are bad, zombie vampires...

The United States' Center for Disease Control and Prevention made this extraordinary statement after a spate of cannibalism incidents hit the news.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/cdc-declares-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse-after-spate-of-cannibal-killings/story-fnbzs1v0-1226383650793

It also explains the Wisconsin recall election and Obama's absence from the campaign there.

possibly caused by bath salts.

What a strange world we live in!

Actually it makes sense for the CDC to publish this statement. The internet and facebook are filled with posts on a virus called LQP-79.

Seems to me any sensible person would be using a shotgun, as it has far more damage at close range.

for example this one from 2004:

I'm glad no instructions were included on how to create such a weapon.

"They have a dude with a gun shop who is NOT up on the roof with a bipod/scope equipped 10/22 Target Model and a case of bulk ammo, srsly?"

Here's an interesting quote by a company spokesperson:

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/06/07/zombie-bullets-in-high-demand-following-flesh-eating-attacks/

“I mean, I’ve heard of guys who buy it just because they think the packaging is cool and they set it on their cube and they don’t even own a gun,”