Posted on 04/01/2013 2:33:47 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
The Walking Dead is all about blood, gore – and gun control
• Despite its violence, The Walking Dead mirrors moderate US attitudes on gun ownership and background checks
The Walking Dead finished its third season in a flourish of gunfire and guts, sticking to the pillars of its ratings dominance. While nobody's much surprised by the extreme bloodiness of a show that merges two violent genres – post-apocalyptic horror and the classic western, – what is surprising is that The Walking Dead actually reflects moderate, popular US views on gun control.
That might seem like a ridiculous statement for a show this steeped in gore, but if we trace its use of guns, it becomes clear that the show emphasizes an odd, very American mix of conservative pragmatism and liberal concern about restraints and leadership. (No major spoilers follow.)
The first season of The Walking Dead is almost purely survival thriller. The stragglers, led by a sheriff named Rick, only care about guns as a matter of self-defense. They use plenty of them, but also whatever's at hand. In fact, after two and a half seasons, guns only account for slightly more than half of the show's violence. Characters have killed zombies with a car door, an internet cable, a sword and a chair leg, not to mention the crossbow preferred by the show's most popular character. What's to learn from all this? A clear and present need for self-defense justifies violence, and you can use just about anything to kill a zombie.
Season two slows things down. Amid a lot of hand wringing and hammy conversations, the characters sort out how to live when survival isn't a constant concern.
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I like the show but I agree with you on the ridiculousness of low ammo and the scarcity of guns. Maybe if the story was taking place in England then maybe that story line would fly, but not in the US and definately not in the South.
When most of the population is zombies guns would be easy to find.
The trouble is getting out and finding it. People don’t have the luxury of window shopping. And after a year or two when people have raided all of the stores and not used their ammo wisely - it’s going to get harder and harder.
This is why I love this show because it is so 2nd Amendment for self defense. However the show does show what happens to abuse of power like the governor.
The zombies represents society when it falls and the rules of law are out.
Maybe I maybe wrong here but the Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, and even Revolution TV show is a metaphor of fighting back Tyranny from those that wish to oppress.
Also what is cool, looks like CROSSBOWS are making a comeback because not just Darryl (TWD) but folks in Revolution are using them.
...and the official end of affirmative action.
I guess the question would be “what is the ratio of zombies to healthy humans?
One box of Walmart .22 is 500 rounds. Zombies seem to move slowly. With a .22 rifle and scope, you can easily make headshots at 50 yards, and .22 silencers are easy to make.
I would think a zombie hunting party could take down thousands relatively easily, and once you clear off a fair sized island, where are more zombies going to come from?
It also seems that there would be lots of boats available that you could live on safely.
I have never heard of zombies swimming.
I agree, it is a fantasy about warfare where the enemy is numerous but stupid and armed with primitive weapons. Kind of a gamer Valhalla.
If that's what it takes, bring it on.
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