The Superior Weapon in a Zombie Apocalypse

Since this is the final round, I would greatly appreciate it if my opponent didn't bring forth new evidence or arguments as I would have no chance to refute those points. Firstly, the Forearm Machete. The effectiveness of the subject is doubted as because of how you can't wear it while doing other tasks limits its ability to fight. Imagine putting away a sword and then every 10 minutes running and grabbing the sword. Holding the FM wouldn't be as effective as say just holding a sword because of the design of the weapon. There is no pommel or handle, making it difficult to wield like a sword. Also, surprise attacks are not fringe cases, these can occur during a zombie apocalypse. I apologize for not specifying, but I felt that I needed to as billhooks range in length. Furthermore, frame cracking occurs in Beretta's, not just M9s and 9 mm pistols. My opponent fails to realize that the billhook can be used for more than decapitation and doesn't have a blunted nose. My opponent fails to realize that it is IMPOSSIBLE to make sure that no zombie gets within range of you. No matter how hard you try, a zombie will eventually get close to you, whether you're sleeping or just surprise attacked. When this happens, having a shorter weapon is perfect. My opponent's weapon wouldn't work in short range and I will elaborate on that further. Furthermore, you don't need to rely on decapitation. The model of billhook has serrated edges to cut and slicing with the other end which is essentially a blade. You don't need to rely on decapitation, I was just pointing that out to show how it is a perfect FOR decapitation, it doesn't need to rely on it. The billhook is for when a zombie does get close to you as it will happen. If a zombie starts grappling with you, a FM wouldn't work. If the zombie is on top of you, you would need to curve your arms around to get the blade end into the zombie and then you wouldn't have enough power as the blade isn't the full length of the entire weapon. With regards to the baseball bat, my opponent demonstrates a lack of physics. A fulcrum is a point around which a lever pivots; the baseball bat is a lever! The fulcrum is your hands! A lever is defined as a: a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Clearly, a baseball bat is a lever. Swinging near the handle wouldn't work as when it gets closer to a fulcrum, the mechanical advantage is destroyed. The fact that there is a smaller area is moot as it inflicts minimal damage. Using the baseball bat as a battering ram wouldn't work as there wouldn't be enough room to shove the bat forward if a zombie was grappling with you. There wouldn't be enough space to push forward enough to do major damage. However, the poleaxe can. The poleaxe can be used at close distances. First of all, as I stated above the shaft of a poleaxe is designed to stop overhead sword swipes. The shaft won't break. Secondly, it won't become dead weight. If a zombie is grappling with you, you can push the weapon forward using the iron enforced shaft to smash into a zombie's head. Or, if they have grabbed the poleaxe, you can slide it towards one side, bringing the other side forward, smashing into the zombie's head. The poleaxe can fight zombies at long range, fight them at close range, won't break, can smash items, and is very powerful. The poleaxe is far more effective than the baseball bat. With the slide failures, my opponent fails to realize that during the 21st Century, Berretta M9's in the military service have failed and have injured people as I have showed beforehand. For example, let's assume a group of zombies is coming for you and the slide fails. It doesn't matter if failure occurred at one in 30,000, one in 50,000, or one in 100,000. It will fail once, and once that happens you will be left with your melee weapons. As my opponent has said: "when you can't run and your melee weapons cannot deal with them all". When your firearm fails, YOUR melee weapons can't deal with them all. Mine can and I will show why. My opponent fails to recognize that 120 dB is actually enough to cause ear damage with prolonged exposure. Ear damage will occur as you fire the gun frequently. Wearing ear protection won't work as then you wouldn't hear if a zombie was approaching from another direction. Furthermore, firing near buildings or walls may reverberate the sound, but the point is that the sound will be made. Also, the sound will not ricochet so much that zombies will travel in the wrong direction if they hear a gunshot. Zombies will hear, and then they will start travelling in the direction of the sound. Firing multiple times will allow them to pinpoint on you down even more and attract more zombies. The sound does drop off, but a rock concert in an open stadium can be heard far away. The map on this website shows the distances: . http://brokelyn.com... Now, onto the refutations that my opponent has brought up regarding my projectile weapon. With regards to police stations, there is heavy guard on their weapons, including bullet proof glass and iron bars. My opponent wouldn't be able to shoot through bullet proof glass and smash iron bars. This leaves only gun stores which also stock bows and arrows. My opponent claims that it would take up to 4 years to create a longbow. First of all, using my opponents source we see that 137 longbows survived UNDERWATER since 1547, clearly showing that the longbow has resistance to the elements and resistance to breakage. If needed, a longbow can be taken from archery stores. Secondly, making a longbow DOESN'T take 4 years to create as the entire bow can be made in several days, less than 2 weeks at max. True, this creates a lower quality bow, but high quality bows can be taken from archery stores and gun stores if required and can be replaced often as there are many trees. While the arrow flies slower than the bullet, the weapon is silent so if the zombie doesn't see the arrow, it will hit the zombie. If the longbowman is surrounded by zombies, then the distance travelled by the arrow wouldn't matter as the zombies are close and the arrow flies too fast at that distance to dodge. The advantage over firearms still stands. The fact that the billhook is shorter is actually an advantage over the FM which would be very ineffective at close range. The billhook is not only for decapitating, but slicing and stabbing. The baseball bat may be more available, but doesn't perform at its functions at the level of the poleaxe. Just because the striking end is at one end of the poleaxe doesn't mean you must strike with that end. The shaft is far more effective at short range than the baseball bat. Because of it's length, it is even more effective than the baseball bat and won't break because of it's design. The 9mm pistol because of being loud will never be better than the longbow, which is completely resilient. The longbow is highly resilient, unlike the 9mm which eventually will break when you need it. Furthermore, after it breaks how do you break locked doors to get at guns? Once the gun breaks, you're in trouble. Due to combined strength, resilience, range, versatility, and killing ability, MY proposed arsenal of weapons is clearly superior. Vote Pro. SOURCES The traditional bowyers encyclopedia : the bowhunting and bowmaking world of the nation's top crafters of longbows and recurves (Bertalan, 2007) Organized Crime and Policing in Rural and Remote Communities: a study of police officers' perceptions and current actions: preliminary field results (LeBeuf, 2005)