LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Hardware store manager Mike Dowling wants to be clear: His shovels might slow an attacking zombie, but you’ll need something else to put the final nail in the creature’s coffin.
“I wouldn’t say it’s for killing zombies,” the veteran Omaha store manager said.
In a pop-culture world of zombie marches, video games and television shows, one regional hardware chain has taken the novel approach of actively marketing power tools and garden implements as protection against the undead.
 
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