Zombie Protection

Somewhere in Arkansas, hiding from the Undead…

Several months back I was at a popular Sporting Goods Outlet  just over the Arkansas line in Texarkana, Texas.  I Spotted a really businesslike Mossberg 500 pump with an extended magazine – black, with black composite stock and forend.

Mossberg Model 500 ZMB

I asked the sales guy if I could look at it, he handed it over. I cleared it, then racked the slide a couple of times and wondered out loud why I’ve been avoiding Mossberg all my life.  This little gun is sweet.

 

I asked about the funky neon green ZMB logo on the receiver and he told me that was a Zombie symbol. 

Love my Zombie Slayer

So apparently (the story goes)  those fun-loving folks at Mossberg introduced (mid January 2012) their ZMB line – two scatterguns and a a model 464 lever gun in .30-.30 (along with an outfit  called Zombie Industries http://zombieindustries.com/  ). Way cool.  They really know how to liven up a party.

Making a longish story shorter, the Model 500 with the long mag  jumped right into my car whereupon I legally transported it across state lines. Right back home.

At about that period in time I stumbled on that crazy “Walking Dead” show on AMC.  Wow, bizarre! How could I have missed seeing that show for two years?

So, not being the type of person who has the sense to let well enough alone, I decided to hang some gear on my new Mossberg ZMB 500...

Ultimate Tactical Conversion Kit

The new furniture is Ultimate Arms Gear (composite which I guess means plastic), with a very comfortable pistol grip and a tri-rail picatinny forend. I put a 7 or 8 inch picatinny on top of the receiver, and added a very nice little holographic sight.  Don’t remember where I got either of those, or who the manufacturer is.

On the forend picatinny I mounted another pistol grip, also Ultimate Arms Gear, then added one of those neat high powered tactical flashlights with a pressure switch for the grip.

UTAC 45 Degree Offset Picatinny/Weaver - Angle Mount Rail 

 

Just ahead of the Holo sight on the receiver I put a 45 degree angle (left side) extension where I mounted a laser. The laser pressure switch can mount anywhere on the stock's pistol grip. 

We The People's Z-Gun

 Note that I also mounted a pair of 3-round shotgun shell holders on the  front of the stock, in case the one in chamber and seven in the extended mag don’t deter some pesky persnickety persistent undead. Here's one more picture.

45 degree mount with laser

As I mentioned, the totally great thing about this rig is that Mossberg marketed it as a "Zombie Gun" so it has the neatest little day glow neon green Zombie Killer (ZMB)symbol on the receiver.

I recognize that tricking up a weapon to frag the undead is totally strange, but it's been so damned much fun that I had to spread the joy.

Remember, the Zombies are coming. (hehehe)

Here's a copy of the email I just sent to Arkansas 4th District Congressional Representative Tom Cotton.
Forgive please the line about bombing Israel -- it was intended as obvious sarcasm and should under no circumstances be taken as a literal suggestion.


Sir:

With all the difficulties currently facing the USA, does it seem
logical to send 20 F-16s and 200 M1A1 Abrams tanks to Egypt.

It would make as much sense for the USA to attack Israel directly --
and cut out the middle man.

Where do you stand on this madness? Is there any way to stop it?

Thanks -- and Thank you for your service to America!

Gary N. Arpin
Arkansas

When I thanked Tom 'for his service to America', I was of course alluding to his service with the United States Army. Cotton served two tours in Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cotton

Remember folks: Freedom is Not Free! Folks like Tom Cotton raised their right arm and swore to protect and defend. Each and every one of us owes a debt of gratitude to the American Military and to the men and women who have fought and died so that we may be Free! Thank a service person today.

Adrian Pierce Rogers (September 12, 1931 – November 15, 2005) served three terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
 
“You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.”

― Adrian Rogers

 "If a Conservative"

(I'm fairly certain that this is one of the first posts of this dialogue, written by Warner Todd Huston, a Chicago "based" freelancer. It has been repeated a couple of thousand times since Huston wrote it back in September of 2009. It's a damned good piece of work, and well worth getting your mind around. Gary)

-By Warner Todd Huston

People often wonder what is the difference between a conservative and a liberal. The simple fact of the matter is that the major difference is that conservatives wonder first what it is they are responsible for while liberals wonder first what everyone else should be doing for them.

Here are some brief rules of thumb:
If a conservative sees a U.S. flag, his heart swells with pride.
If a liberal sees a U.S. flag, he feels shame.
 

If a conservative doesn’t like guns, they don’t buy them.
If a liberal doesn’t like guns, then no one else should have one either.
 

If a conservative is a vegetarian, he won’t eat meat.
If a liberal is, they want to ban all meat products for everyone.

If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat it.
If a liberal see an enemy he wonders what he can do to appease him.
 

If a conservative is homosexual, he’ll quietly enjoy his life.
If a liberal is homosexual, he’ll demand everyone get involved in his bedroom activities.
 

If a successful conservative is black or Hispanic, he’ll see himself as having succeeded on his own merits.
Successful liberal minorities still claim “racism” and want government to give them even more.
 

If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to work to better his situation.
A liberal wants someone else to take care of him.
 

If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches channels.
If a liberal doesn’t like a radio show, he demands that the station be shut down or censored.
 

If a conservative is a non-believer, he just doesn’t go to church.
Non-believing liberals demand that everyone cease believing and demands churches be censored.
 

If a conservative needs health care, he shops for it, or chooses a job that provides it.
Liberals demand that everyone else provide him with healthcare for free.
 

If a conservative sees a law, he thinks long and hard before suggesting a change.
If a liberal sees a law he assumes it is just a suggestion and does what he wants anyway.
 

Conservatives feel there is a right and wrong.
Liberals feel that nothing is really wrong… unless it is believed by a conservative.
 

Conservatives believe in freedom, responsibility, tradition, and self-reliance.
Liberals believe in license, government restrictions, upending tradition, and collectives.

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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as NewsBusters.org, RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, TheRealityCheck.org, RedState.com, Human Events Magazine, AmericanDailyReview.com, and the New Media Journal, among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events and is currently the co-host of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Conservatism” heard on BlogTalkRadio. Warner is also the editor of the Cook County Page for RedCounty.com.

Why did Carter Administration create the Department of Energy?

I got this by email today, and wanted to keep it around so I could quote from it.  I did not originate this and I have not yet vetted the "facts" and numbers...  Just wanted a place to put it for a while...
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Does Anybody out there have any Memory Of the Reason given for the Establishment Of The DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY During the Carter Administration?

Bottom Line ... We've Spent several hundred billion Dollars In support Of an Agency...the Reason For which few can Remember. Ready?

It was Very Simple.. And at the Time everybody Thought It very Appropriate...

The 'Department Of Energy' Was Instituted On 8-04-1977 TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL. Hey, Pretty efficient, huh?  AND NOW IT'S 2012, 35 YEARS LATER.... AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS NECESSARY DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR.  IT HAS 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES AND LOOK AT THE JOB IT HAS DONE!

THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY 'WHAT WAS I THINKING?' Ah, yes, Good old Bureaucracy... And NOW _ We are going to Turn The Banking System, Health Care & The Auto Industry over to Government ALL IN THE NAME OF CHANGE? May God Help Us !!! Keep this One Going....


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