Bruce

Politicians and the media usually have no idea what gun laws are all about. They think that if the laws are tougher, then guns will be harder to get and "SHAZAM"! no more crime. This is "FEEL GOOD" legislation, meaning that the "great unwashed" (i.e. general public) will be satisfied that these asswipes are doing "something" to help eliminate crime. Mayor Bloomberg HATES guns, he blames them for all crime and wants ALL GUNS eliminated from public ownership. He also wants to control all consumption of fat, salt, sugar, tobacco and alcohol. Bloomberg justifies his opinions by the fact that he has amassed a personal fortune of some Twenty Billion dollars, Thats $20,000,000,000.00. He feels that anyone who is able to obtain that much wealth and power MUST be much smarter than virtually everyone else and has the right to tell others whats right and whats wrong. He is a megalomaniac, just as Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini were. Bloomberg is mayor of New York City because he spent approximately $65,000,000.00 of his own money to obtain this position. Since he had the $65,000,000.00 to spend on becoming mayor and YOU didn't he's smarter than you and knows that guns are BAD!

I really don't think that this battle with zombies on the scale it is now will go on forever. Haven't you noticed that the zombies are looking more ragged and decomposed in every episode. I believe they're slowly rotting away. They eat meat to provide nourishment for their brain, but their bodies do not seem to heal or grow new skin, henceforth: a limited future! True, as long as there are living people there will eventually be more zombies, but the survivors will just have to destroy the brains of the recently deceased to limit their numbers.

.22 caliber rifles and ammunition are the probably the most frequently encountered types of firearms and ammunition in the United States. Maybe the sheriff's department didn't have any, but they'd still be around. 99%+ of the population is dead, they obviously didn't use up all of the ammunition around. If I went house to house in my suburban neighborhood, chances are best that I'm going to come across some .22 rifles and ammo and 12ga. shotguns and shells before I come up with a 9mm handgun or tactical long arm and ammo. These guys seem to find anything else they need on the road, why not some practical weaponry. Also, in the real world, medical skills or not, Herschel would have had a bullet in HIS brain as soon as he told his visitors to leave. In a zombie apocalypse world people just ain't going to be that cooperative!

Remember, you are shooting at zombies with a slower movement ability and body shots have no effect. The zombies are not shooting at you or throwing things, but walking at you quickly just trying to eat you, they have no plan of attack and they are not running. The average human skull is easily pierced by a .22 long rifle bullet at moderate range and disabling the brain is the objective, not blowing the head to bits. A Ruger 10/22 with quickly replaceable 10 or 25 shot magazines is far more practical for zombie shooting than a 5 or 6 shot 12 gauge shot gun or 9mm handgun. Ease of use, lower recoil, lower noise(important), the ability to carry several times the amount of ammunition of larger centerfire calibers makes the .22 a far more practical weapon for experienced zombie killers like the cast of The Walking Dead.

Oh the stigma of living in New Jersey. Maybe they all think were all like those characters on JERSEY SHORE or THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY? :thsmiley_deadhorse:

Probably ordering it online!

I can't believe they haven't run out of ammunition yet. I believe they're still using the ammo that Rick took from the sheriff's department and they shared that with that inner city group. They have been "deactivating" zombies like flies since this show began. They didn't even take any of the guns and ammo from Atlanta. This is like those old westerns where nobody ever has to reload. A .22 caliber round to the brain is probably 99% effective in stopping a zombie, 2 rounds has to about 99.9%. Why do they always use shotguns. I've never seen anyone use a .22 in this show. How come these people only have high powered, scope sighted hunting rifles and NO assault weapons? God, I wish there were more gun guys who were script writers!

I seem to remember that you are required to keep a log of some sort on your self inspected vehicle. I believe the log must be kept in the vehicle and is subject to examination by a motor vehicle inspector upon request. Failure to do so was a heavy fine. I don't know if this is still the case because I'm remembering this from over 30 years ago.

Then why haven't the zombies eaten the bodies in the cars on the highway? If you hang yourself, you'll be dead in about a minute. If he was surrounded by zombies when he hung himself, how did he get up into the tree?

In the same Paramus Dick's I bought Remington 9mm ammo twice last week during their $9.98 a box sale and had to show my FID, but wasn't asked for my driver's license either time, I was served by two different sales people!

Am I the only one who noticed a major flaw in THE WALKING DEAD 2 weeks ago? When they found the zombie hanging by his neck in the tree (he had commited suicide), his legs were nothing but bones because the other zombies had eaten all the flesh off his legs. The problem here is that ZOMBIES DON'T EAT OTHER ZOMBIES!!! If that was the case, all you would have to do is disable one and the others would eat him. Otis would still be alive! The whole premise of the show would be over, because all of the zombies would eat each other. After a few weeks only the recently departed would be zombies and they could easily be dealt with. Does anyone out there agree with me?

Glad I read this thread. I've often thought about ordering one of his kits!

I keep both barrels of my 20" Rossi Coach Gun (hammer type) filled with No 4 Buck.

First of all, don't believe ANY of the things you see on those storage auction reality shows, they're all BS. I've been to many of those storage auctions, I never used to see anything but urine stained mattresses and old dirty clothes, broken furniture, bald tires, old TVs and a lot of JUNK! I've heard of people making great finds, but your more likely to win the lottery than find a valuable antique (especially a gun) in New Jersey. As far as I know, all of the NJ storage outfits ban guns and ammo from being stored there. Anyway, the reason most storage lockers are abandoned is because the stuff in them isn't worth paying the rent to keep it, so they just abandon it and let someone else get rid of it. Remember, when you buy a storage unit you have maybe 24 hours to clear it out or YOU start paying rent on the space. Years ago you could usually dump the junk in them for free or for low cost, not any more. It might cost more to dispose of the junk you bought than the unit had cost! They never mention that in those dopey TV shows. Those 2 clowns from Auction Hunters have found more rare guns than are in some museums, yeah right! Attendance at these auctions is up something like a 1000% since these shows became popular. Bids are now up so high because everybody thinks that they're going to make a fortune in what they find, that there is not much money to be made in them anymore. I gave up going to them years ago because there was not enough good stuff in them to suit me, it's worse now.

Hi there, I'm a new member, my name is Bruce. I discovered this forum while surfing for some ammo information. I've been collecting guns and shooting for just about my entire life. Didn't do much shooting for years, but recently got back in to it. I'm a lifelong Bergen County resident and can remember when gun shops were in almost every town. I really hate living in the state of New Jersey as it seems like the most gun unfriendly place in the USA. I'd like to move to a "FREE" state, but the wife won't leave her relatives. I mostly do handgun shooting these days, but still like to break some clay birds from time to time. I don't hunt anymore, it got to be too much like work. I started handgun shooting in the 1960s at the old Garfield Shooting Range which was located in the basement of Jimmy's Bar in Garfield. I wasn't even old enough to drive, but my mother used to drive me there and drop me off with my .38 in a tackle box. She'd pick me up when they closed. Imagine that today?