Microwaves don’t kill people, people kill semi-zombies with microwaves…
Can’t ban stupidity, unfortunately…
The Associated Press reports that in Grants, New Mexico, 23-year-old Damon Perry beat his friend, 23-year-old Christopher Paquin, to death with “his hands, feet, an electric guitar and a microwave.”
Perry claimed he and Paquin had been drinking, but that his drinking buddy began “to change into a zombie” and tried to bite him. Naturally, he defended himself with gusto.
Perry also mentioned that he’d been binge-watching The Walking Dead on Netflix prior to the incident.
Ethics Alarms 
If we can prevent just one zombie attack, it’s worth any cost.
Did this take place in a zombie-free-zone?
It did! Then again, there are a lot of those…
Microwaves, of course, because it’s the most stupid and the one that will inconvenience the most people unnecessarily.
Sadly, I suspect both these guys are/were Native American and have/had a problem processing the white man’s fire water.
As long as the background checks of the background-checkers are made public, I have no problem with users of Netflix and microwave ovens being checked. All residential areas should be guitar-free zones. Also, no pets permitted within 1000 feet (or “metres,” take your pick) of any microwave.
What about cars? The woman who killed 4 and wounded 44 in Stillwater, OK this weekend was trying to kill herself and go out in a blaze of glory. That is the same motivation almost all the recent mass shooters has had. Do we need background checks on car ownership and driver’s licenses? No felons can have cars. No felons can have driver’s licenses. No one who has EVER seen a physician, counselor, or psychologist for depression can have a driver’s license or own a car. No one who has ever committed a violent misdemeanor can have a car or license. No one who has been admitted to a drug or alcohol rehab facility may own a car or be issued a driver’s license for 5 years. No cars on school campuses, state or federal buildings, daycare centers, etc. You must have a valid Car Owner Identification Document (COID) which will be valid for 5-10 years. When purchasing a car, the seller must call the state to make sure the purchaser’s COID is valid and register the purchase. Medical Professionals will have a hotline they can call to suspend a COID if they suspect the person is not capable of the responsibility.
(these rules modeled on Illinois firearms laws).
You left out that a knife was also used, and that the man was arrested after 911 calls reported him chasing a woman around his apartment complex with a knife. He was also tackled and held down prior to the police arriving.
http://www.koat.com/news/walking-dead-binge-watch-ends-in-deadly-beating/36058792
Now here’s my question. He had a microwave, a knife and a history of run-ins with police, how many more people would be dead if he had a gun too?
A knife? What self-respecting Zombie needs a knife? Sheesh! What’s this world coming to?
jvb
Maybe the one he chased (and presumably didn’t catch). Maybe none.
Why are you asking?
If anyone else was a pistol carrying citizen (of whom there are many in New Mexico) i’d say likely just one, Valky. The perpetrator.
Kinda funny how the standard gun-related what-ifs never include scenarios which result in no innocent victims at all.
If you’re alert and quick, there need be none.
Does it matter? Given his history, it’s doubtful that he could legally obtain a gun, so we don’t have to worry about what would happen if he did.
Of course, there’s the possibility of illegally obtaining a gun, and our laws and enforcers seem unable to do anything about that. This is troubling, and I have no answer to it.
I would like to know what kind of electric guitar was used in the commission of this most heinous crime. A Gibson? A Fender? God forbid, a Gretsch? Is no musical instrument safe anymore?
j vb
I bet it was an assault-guitar. Surely we can all agree that no-one really needs one of those! Nobody “needs” to hit power-metal chords at ear splitting volume. Still, we should remember that a cheap Saturday-night-ukulele can be just as deadly.
Agreed. Must ban the guitar. Repeat, y’all: “No guitars, no peace!!”
jvb
You’re killing me here…!
Frankly, it wouldn’t break my heart if all zombie-related books, movies and television shows were banned for being moronic.
The only ones worth anything are the one that started them all Night of The Living Dead and the parody Shaun of The Dead.
She Who Brings Gifts should be released next year. Check it out. It should be better than your typical zombie flick. The book, The Girl With All the Gifts, was quite good.
I love the re-make of Dawn of Dead, Yes, even with the fast zombies.