Comments on: The CDC’s Zombie Survival Guide PDF Could Cost Real Lives

By: HawgNSonsTV

HawgNSonsTV — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:56:33 +0000

What about the Obama Zombies?

By: dcaptd

dcaptd — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:08:24 +0000

All hail for the STRIPES referance. This PDF is really a waste of time & money, I understand someone ment well by using pop culcure as a tool to get people involved but it really misses the mark. As far as it helping unstable gunners lose touch, I,m pretty sure the ones your thinking of don’t need any help. However, I find it intresting that the thing is aimed at what I think the community refers to as sheeple but who but that type would need this? Boils down to , it’s a start but how good of a start do you expect from a gov. Commitee?

By: retired75th

retired75th — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:45:26 +0000

Obviously, the zombie scenario is over the top, and most laugh it off, as i do. But one should try to put it in context and read between the lines. Everyday there is the risk of the CDC or private research lab screwing up and an agent is released into the atmosphere. It might kill slowly pr quickly. It might affect your organs or your mind. In any case, this govt is NOT prepared. There could be a scenario in which something harmful finds it’s way into our water, food, or air. after a series of interactions, the result could be quite deadly. There is a natural Electrical field in the atmosphere. Tesla knew about it, knew how to manipulate it in order to provide free electrical power to everyone anywhere. He also knew bad guys might militarize the technology so he stopped the work. Check out HAARP. The normal electrical field in the atmosphe is about 6 or 7 hertz. If lowered to about 4 it sedates humans. If raised to 7 or 8 hertz, it makes people nuts. What do people do then? The govt can’t control all 340,000,000 of us, the most heavily armed citizenry in the world, per capita. Most vets are combat vets. But by reducing the population, it can be done. Once the govt has control, next is gun confiscation. We all know what happens next. yeah, sounds crazy. I thought the Bay of Tonkin incident was crazy too…..

By: Wayne

Wayne — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:49:22 +0000

I think the whole zombie thing is childish and immature. I wouldn’t buy or own anything that had the zombie nonsense on it. If you want to play in comic land leave the weapons at home.

By: vishnu

vishnu — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:58:16 +0000

I agree with the comment “what about the guy who isn’t so level-headed? Who invested so much energy on a pop culture fad, only to see it come to life?” but I still don’t see how the CDC comic might lead one to the use of deadly force. Your concern is valid, just misplaced. You can’t figure what the less “level-headed” (nut cases?) might do in any situation. Any reasonable person will recognize that the whole “zombie pandemic” scenario in the comic is just a bad dream brought on by a bad movie (and maybe too much Thai food?). The only people in the comic with firearms are the military, and even they don’t shoot the zombies! If it catches someone’s eye and gets them thinking about assembling a “bugout” pack, I say more power to them. The real issue, as I said before, is the popularity of zombie-themed weapons, targets, accessories, action shoots, and chats.

By: MMACATK68

MMACATK68 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:59:10 +0000

It was an interal FEMA report that was posted on WIKILeaks. I don’t remember if I saved a copy or not, if I can find it I’ll email it to you.

You can check WIKILeaks, though the government was blocking access to their sites the last time I checked…

By: Ben Sobieck

Ben Sobieck — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:58:35 +0000

Ten days! Wow, that’s not long at all. Shows why in the era of processed food, knowing how to prepare food for yourself is so important. And to have reserves set aside if SHTF.

You wouldn’t happen to have a link to that FEMA report, would you? I’d be interested in reading more.

By: MMACATK68

MMACATK68 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:53:52 +0000

I don’t expect much from our government in a time of crisis. When seconds count, they will respond in weeks. Katrina was a lesson for all of us; the central planners are inept, and people dependent on the welfare state seem to be incapable of recognizing danger without a program and a lot of hand holding.

I don’t think this issue is such a big deal, because I am impressed with the CDC even recognizing the need for preparedness in any form. Besides, a recent FEMA report states that after 10 days without food many Americans will resort to cannibalism. Sounds like the zombie survival guide is a pretty good idea.

Disasters are a serious business, but humor can be used as an effective teaching tool. In the end I believe the “zombie survival guide” is a humorous teaching tool, nothing more.

By: Ben Sobieck

Ben Sobieck — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:47:38 +0000

If this exact same comic had been published by Marvel, I wouldn’t have thought twice about it. The line is when a government entity in a position of authority becomes involved. It’s not merely entertainment at that point.

I trust most people to act rationally most of the time. But high-stress disasters change behaviors. It’s not that the unstable person will literally think “zombie” when they see a disaster survivor. It’s the way they react to disaster survivors in general. They’ll see them as figurative “zombies” who are less than human. Take away a person’s humanity, and you can justify anything. That’s a very real connection that doesn’t take a big logical leap.

Your line in the sand might be different from mine. But I think we can both agree that disasters are serious business, and should be treated as such.

By: MMACATK68

MMACATK68 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 03:36:49 +0000

Sir, I submit that a person who can’t tell the difference between reality and fiction is the problem, not a bunch of words on a piece of paper. Do you really think this survival guide will turn a sane person into an insane person?

If you want to argue that this is a perfect example of big government run-a-muck, then I’m with you. Why are they wasting our tax dollars on something like this?

But, if I were to buy into your argument then I would have to start burning a lot of books and movies that blend fiction and reality for “everyone’s safety”. Don’t we already live in a big enough nanny-state without you trying to add to it?

Trust your fellow law abiding gun owners, we aren’t as stupid as you are making out…