My article, "Why the gun culture loves zombies"

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This week is "Zombie week" at my Michigan Firearms Examiner page. I'm running a series of articles all week on the intersection of zombie culture and the gun culture.

I put a link to the THR home page and the recent zombie thread in the first article.

Here's a link to the first article:

Why the gun culture loves zombies

"Zombies are everywhere these days. The brain eating undead are shambling through pop culture in movies, comics, TV, and even in a Sears ad campaign. The gun culture is especially susceptible to this infection: You can’t swing a dismembered arm on a gun forum without hitting a “What gun for zombies” thread or a discussion on a new zombie related shooting product.

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I’ll start with the central question: “Why zombies?” What is it about fighting animated corpses that resonates so much with the public in general and the gun culture in particular?"
 
I think it is a way for people to talk about shooting other people, but in a slightly more pc way. For some reason folks love to dream about end of the world scenarios, but it is more socially acceptable to substitute a zombie in place of a human when talking about these fantasies.
 
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