1. Obey the law! When the dead rise, law enforcement must look upon you as a model citizen, someone to be trusted and left alone, not a felon of questionable background who should be interrogated at the first sign of trouble. Fortunately, simpler, legal weapons will serve you much better than paramilitary machines.

2. Train constantly no matter what weapon you choose, from a machete to rifle, it will need to be a extension of your arm. With practice will come experience and confidence, two traits you need to live/battle in a undead world.

3. Care for your tools weapons, no matter how simple they are, must be cared for as if they are living(not undead). Never abused your tools or do unnecessary damage. If possible, have them tested.

4. Always Remember that the effective range is just an average, and is assuming that you have firearm experience and have shot the weapon before, your effective range will probably be half that with no official training, but as your practice progresses you will be able to fire accurately beyond the effective range.

5. Always remember that a weapon you have experience with is always better than a weapon you don't know how to handle, even when choosing to take a pistol or a rocket launcher. If you don't know how it works, let it be(or give it to someone who knows how to work it).