The Armoured Might of a Whack-a-loon

So, there was a shootout with police in Dallas, Texas.  Ho-hum, right ?

Dallas police have disabled the armored van used in the shooting and pipe bomb incident at the Dallas Police Headquarters early Saturday morning. What is believed to be the vehicle used in this assault was described as a “Zombie Apocalypse Assault Vehicle and Troop Transport.” Police disabled the vehicle with a .50 caliber rifle shot to the engine block.

Wait, what ?

The vehicle was sold by Jenco Sales, Inc. in Newman, Georgia, according to a Dallas Morning News report. The company described the vehicle on their Facebook page as follows:

Zombie Apocalypse Assault Vehicle and Troop Transport. This full armored zombie busting vehicle features convenient gun ports so no zombie juice touches you during a mass zombie take down. It also has benches in the back so you can take turns resting during long Zombie sieges. The tactical step boards are installed for when you only need swords and axes for drive by mow downs. The bumpers are made of reinforced steel tubing, so no dents from smashing zombie heads! It’s full armor plated and has bullet proof windows just in case you run into other zombie hunting hordes who might try to take this bad boy from you. Like anything, there is a price attached to this fine piece of zombie fighting machinery.

Just how is there a market for this ?  I mean, presumably it wasn't used in an actual zombie-apocalypse, so I suppose someone built this with the idea of selling it...to whom ?

Are zombie-geeks buying these things for kicks, or is the whole zombie-thing just code for right-wing survivalist types who don't want to advertise the fact that they are buying...on the civilian market...a vehicle specifically designed for hunting human beings in an urban setting...

A police robot checks James Boulware’s armored van for explosives, as well as to confirm the alleged gunman’s death, in Hutchins, Texas. Photograph: Rex Curry/Reuters