Five Finger Death Punch Guitarist Needs Assault Weapons

Jan 12

Five Finger Death Punch Guitarist Needs Assault Weapons

Posted by Chris Harris on January 12, 2013 in Huh?, News

Zoltan Bathory

And he also needs gun clips that contain lots of bullets and fire them at an extremely rapid rate. He needs them, people…needs them.

Why? Because I suspect the guy’s paranoid.

Five Fisted Rectum Lunch guitarist Zoltan Bathory is attacking the “anti-gun” media and liberal Democrat politicians for their call for tougher state bans on “assault” weapons.

He says he needs these weapons for self-defense and sporting purposes. Who the fuck are you kidding, dude?

“Anti-gun advocates in the media placing all the emphasis on the word ‘ASSAULT’ for a reason. It sounds menacing to those who don’t know much about weapons, and this particular word also embodies the concepts of ‘first strike’ and ‘aggression’… and the media just loooves that,” says Zoltan, clearly an intellectual whose parents named him after the fortune telling machine in “Big.”

“The fact IS, however — a rifle is an inanimate object with no free will or intent on its own. It doesn’t plan to assault anyone… So really, this is all just playing with words…. If I called my rifle a ‘defensive rifle’ — it wouldn’t throw up the red flag — and in reality THAT’S WHAT IT IS. I have it for defensive measures so that’s what it should be called. A ‘defensive rifle.’

“The National Rifle Association and everyone in the favor of their constitutional rights should attempt to educate the masses about what those ‘scary’ misleading phrases actually mean,” says Zoltan. “The non-gun-owning public imagine fire spewing fully automatic weapons. NO. Private citizens don’t and can’t have those. Even the phrase ‘semi-automatic’ can be easily misunderstood by the general public… It doesn’t mean it’s a ‘little bit of blazing fire’ — or ‘sometimes automatic sometimes not. No — it’s one bullet per one pressing on the trigger. Just like a musket… without you having to pour gunpowder in the barrel and drop a led ball in there — the semi auto gun does it all for you — but ONE at the time… So no raining fire blaze Rambo style… NONE of that happens… even though in a case of home invasion, some of you’d probably wish it did.

“Anyway… let’s hold on to our rights to own DEFENSIVE RIFLES and DEFENSIVE PISTOLS.”

Fuck you, imbecile.

Posted in Huh?, News | Tagged assault weapons, five finger death punch, guns, needs, self defense, this guy's an idiot, zoltan bathory | 34 Comments

About Chris Harris

Chris Harris is an internationally-published music journalist and writer whose work has appeared on the pages of Rolling Stone, IFC.com, Revolver, Alternative Press, and Radar. The former news editor for Noisecreep.com, AOL’s heavy metal blog, Harris also served as co-host for the site’s weekly podcast, “Creep Show." Harris spent four years as a reporter and on-air talent for MTV News.

Miranda

You know Chris, I really enjoy this blog. Particularly yours…up until now. I have absolutely no problem with people expressing their viewpoints, including those that are the opposite of, and even antagonistic to, mine. In fact, I believe it should be encouraged. People’s opinions change. My views have evolved on a few issues over the years from research and study and encountering sound arguments by intelligent people. What I cannot stand is someone who can only name-call when presented with a statement they disagree with. Honestly. Zoltan exercises his right to free speech, you disagree, and what’s your comeback to his valid points- “fuck you, imbecile.” Bravo. You really swayed the inquiring minds with that one. Glad we’re fostering understanding and acceptance in the metal world. Good thing we’re not substantiating cliches and just cussing and name-calling at people like middle schoolers when we disagree. Or, I guess like fucking imbeciles.

http://www.facebook.com/rachel.brewer.9235 Rachel Brewer

Couldn’t agree more! The name calling is ridiculous! Everyone has the right to freedom of speach, even this guy and I respect that. However, when you stoop to the level of calling someone names simply because they are exercising their right, you act quite child-like. When it comes to gun owners and the right to protect themselves and the people they love it’s very touchy. A gun is a gun. A legal gun owner with a concealed carry permit is not someone that has broken laws. You cannot be a felon in posession of a firearm. I didn’t pay over $300.00 to get my permit to use it for illegal action. It’s simply for self defense. Remember my door is there for your protection not mine!!!

christhescribe

I also have the right to my opinion. No one said you had to like what I say, and I don’t have to like what this buffoon thinks either.

http://www.facebook.com/deanna.siegel Deanna L. Siegel

Zoltan is by far and away not a buffon or an imbecile. You however by your name calling certainly have made yourself out to be one.

http://www.facebook.com/WickedShadows Scott WickedShadows LaFreniere

I just read his “article”, if you want to call it that. This guy is a child, the whole post is nothing more then a copy of what Zo said, a couple childish name tossing and that’s it. If you disagree with someone and feel the need to write about it, it may help to actually post a counterpoint or two, especially on a subject as sensitive as this. Funny though, more people get to read what Zoltan wrote thanks to you and since Zo’s quotes are the only thing’s of editorial value here you are actually helping spread his word, rather then debate it.

christhescribe

Hey folks…I offer no argument against what he says. I let his opinion say everything. I do, however, question why a dude with a bunch of body guards would need guns, especially ones that fire 20 bullets in five seconds. The ignorant opinion here is that we’ll ever be able to regulate guns and keep them out of the hands of cowards who will use them to go on mass killing sprees. A wider black market will sprung forth, and people who want guns will get guns. Regulation will only make people rich. But a dude who knows karate and has bodyguards saying he needs guns for protection…you can protect yourself with a handgun if you practice enough. And use your karate chopping skills.

http://www.facebook.com/jeff.alberico.9 Jeff Alberico

Chris, I can also fire 20 rds from a handgun at the exact same rate as one of these civilian model rifles you speak of and here in NY the weapons hold the exact same amount of ammunition in the magazines, so your argument is invalid and skewed. An assault weapon by definition, is a military weapon and can fire continuous rds with one trigger pull. I would offer you to read this article which has the actual code from the United States Defense Department’s Defense Intelligence Agency book Small Arms Identification and Operation Guide:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/11/so-what-is-an-assault-rifle-really-we-look-at-the-definitions-and-how-the-term-is-demonized/
http://www.facebook.com/don.b.wall Don Burninator Wall

I do not even listen to 5 finger, but I respect what he has to say.
And then reading the crap you were saying I thought you were having a joke, but then i see you are serious?! WTF you are a dipshit!
Call him names for his opinion? hahahaah you are………………………….. sorry no words for your level of stupid!

http://twitter.com/kelleyheverin kelley heverin

So nice argument there. NOT! If you are going to berate someone for their opinion on guns calling them names is not a very productive way to do it. But then again from what i have seen you aren’t a real journalist you are just some guy who knows how to write a semi-literate blog. And since all you want to do is talk down to a band that is extremely successful it sounds like jealousy!
http://www.facebook.com/DOFLeader1 Ben WildRice Woida-Clark

You really don’t get what he’s saying. It ALL makes sense and you’re getting on him because you’re too much of a pussy to do shit yourself. You just need something to hate and you’re taking it out on a band that does what it loves. Why don’t you grow a pair and hate on the music that really has no talent?
Amber Nicole Main

This is the first I have ever heard of this site, and guess what? I am never reading anything from it again. It’s one fuckin thing to defend your views on our rights but it’s another to just slander a person from here to tin buck two. The things you said about him and his family AND the band who has nothing to do with Zo’s personal views were just completely unfuckingnecessary. This “article” is slanderous and unacceptable.
http://www.facebook.com/jeff.alberico.9 Jeff Alberico

Mr. Harris, You sir are ignorant. For as much journalistic ability as you claim, this is the worst written “article” I have ever seen. Please stick to the thing you know, writing about music. In keeping with my last sentence, why don’t you write something positive about 5FDP like how they were at the forefront of suicide prevention and actually take a proactive stance on that instead of just randomly bashing one member and using this forum as nothing more than a personal attack against him!!! This will be the first and last time I EVER read anything from you and sincerely hope that in the end your journalistic professionalism and integrity can be reflected upon by yourself through introspection!!!
http://www.facebook.com/jackhall5fdp Jack Hall

You have been dogging death punch since they sent you packing for trying to impress your girlfriend with all the celebs you know. I don’t agree with Zoltan either, but the way you go about making your point is childish and shows why they sent you home that day, like a little boy. The more you pick on this band and it’s members, the more that it’s supporters will come out in droves to point out your folly son!

christhescribe

I was dogging death punch long before that, grandpa

http://www.facebook.com/jackhall5fdp Jack Hall

He calls me grandpa, only bcuz he is a child of the mind! Lol

joe

Is there a reason that you feel the need to disrespect a persons hobbys. Knowing enough about zoltan he is responsible enough to utilize his firearms in a controlled environment. Having firearms is not illegal apparently the state of nevada has seen fit to allow him to have the weapons that he does. Are you just jellous that you can not have these firearms or the abilities that his hard work and dedication has allowed him to take advantage of. Stop hating and get your head out of your ass. Why dont you get in touch with reality and all that is the real world because apparently you are stuck in a fantasy world
http://www.facebook.com/mfelts2 Michael Blinky Felts

What the—youre so ignorant. Typical bleeding heart liberal mindset. You can’t hold a decent argument against a responsable gun owner with facts and a well thought out response so you resort to degrading his profession and insulting him and his hobby. I have just lost all respect for a blog that I don’t even read. Don’t be surprised if your amount of readers sustains a massive decrease in the near future. Good day, hater.
Johnny!

Chris honestly you don’t even explain your case? He made some pretty valid points and the only thing you can do is call names lol are you 9? Your argument is invalid my friend you’re a typical liberal idiot good day sir!
http://www.facebook.com/zack.schofield.31 Zack Schofield

Harris you are a fucking idiot.argument ended,well in your eyes.
Brad

This is another example of low information voters. First, the pic you have posted of Zoltan. Is a pic of him holding a paintball marker. What does that have to do with assault weapons? Stop believing what the media tells you. 90% of the current US military doesn’t even carry what the media would call a machine gun. The current m16 is a semi-auto or a burst fire weapon. Burst meaning you get three bullets from pulling the trigger one time. They are looking in to having them converted to full auto but that is expensive and another subject of much debate. If you wish to educate us I invite you to go to a range where you can rent a semi-auto rifle and make a video of you showing us how to fire 20 shots in 1 second. Have you ever even touched a firearm before? or are you going on what CNN has told you? I served in the infantry and can say you are not going to be able to fire 20 shots in one second. You better get in a lot of practice and I am not referring to doing it on an xbox.
Margarita

While you may disagree with Mr. Bathroy’s point of view, the
point is that both he and you are allowed to express it. The DIFFERENCE is he does so by stating his opinion and doesn’t resort to name calling or pointing fingers at individual people who are in the media spotlight. Just because he enjoys shooting, the freedom to do so or feels (like many Americans) that his right to bear arms shouldn’t be taken away, doesn’t in anyway make him “paranoid”. The fact remains that many people jump on the band wagon that is quick to blame guns and the gun laws, instead of the person wielding the guns. There is a sad handful of cases of guns being used in heinous crimes that is reported, sensationalized
and fueled by the media, but at the same time thousands and thousands of people that actually own guns and use them properly but are not focused on. If a person is uneducated about guns or the functions/uses of them, Mr. Bathroy has a valid point on the word choices used to describe them. Words are a sensationalism
tool in which all people use to elicit a reaction or response from people (which I’m sure are aware as you a reporter it says), changing the wording CAN lead to a different take on what is being said. Focusing on one person to fuel your own personal opinion in an insulting way does you no justice and nothing to up your creditability in pursuing an anti-gun stance (if in fact that is what you are trying to do). In fact presenting yourself in this way actually causes the opposite effect, making you seem petty, small and judgmental. I would argue while you could show me 15 articles on why guns and/or gun laws are to blame, I could show you 15 more that states how they make people safer. The point is that this topic is all a matter of personal choice/opinion. I can respect yours without having to call you something like “Rectum Lunch guitarist”. You should show the same respect for someone you have never met or know. He is allowed to voice his opinion without being called horrible names, just as you are. Shame on you, and shame on me for obviously taking the time out of my day to give you the attention you seem to be so desperately craving. If you would like to write an article that will have some impact, do so tactfully like an adult.
http://www.facebook.com/asiancarbomb Wouldntyou Liketoknow

Chris, I not only love 5FDP, but that guy you have dedicated this hateful message to is a friend of mine. I don’t know what the hell your deal is, but you obviously have some serious issues because you have the never ending need to spew hateful things and put others down. Zoltan and the rest of the guys have done nothing but good for others, they support their troops, love their fans, and they treat everyone like gold. What is it that you do? Oh right, you write hateful, mean things about people on a blog. How sad and meaningless is your life that you have nothing but shit for dignity and you feel the need to tear other people down? Honestly, I hope someone teaches you a lesson in character and humility. I don’t know a dickhead right now that deserves it more than you. So fuck you and the horse you rode in on. Grow the fuck up while you’re at it.
Amber Nicole Main

AND…If he knew ANYTHING he would know that “Zoltan” is a very common name in Hungary.
http://www.facebook.com/jackhall5fdp Jack Hall

Oh and just want to point out that the fortune teller machine from Big is called Zoltar not Zoltan! Who’s the idiot now? Lol
http://www.facebook.com/joanna.w.trzaska Joanna Wraith Trzaska

you’re childish, pathetic person. As long as I remember everyone in USA have right to free speech. So back off man. You do not deserve to be called a journalist, you are suck , even the tabloids have more class than your articles. What am I writing ?!
This is not even an article, this is hopeless writings. Sad. You’re a loser and you try to stand out on such actions. You’ re an imbecile, not anyone else, get a life, maybe a girlfriend or a hamster, because no one normal wouldn’t be able to withstand this level of stupidity.
Does such words like hobby and passionate mean anything to ya ?
Don’t think so, because only one thing that you can do it’s insulting people, who they have different opinion than yours. Next time when ya will want to write something use this thing that it’s supposed to be in your skull, it’s called brain, maybe you have part of it left.

http://www.facebook.com/lyon8jolyon Lyon Reese

OK, first and foremost, the pic that got used for this article is a real
MSMBC / Fox News style attempt at inflammatory imagery… it is a paint
ball gun he is holding. So I haven’t even started to read your article,
and already you have lost creditability simply for the photo you (or
your editor) chose to run with the piece. Second, I’m reading the notes
from the band’s fans, and they are right, you do sound like you are
going after Zoltan on a personal level. A level that has much less to do with
your own views on gun control, and the way Z affronts these, than it
does with a simple dislike for the band. The “guest” whose post I’m
replying to is either a passionate supporter of the band who learned
English as a second language, or a passionate supporter of the band who
should have been held back in the third grade… many times. Reguardless,
when he wrote “tabloids have more class than your articles” he wasn’t
far off. I don’t agree with the attitude on guns Zoltan holds, I’m
pretty sure that most of the people who have responded to your article
would throw me into the “commie, pinko, liberal, bleeding heart, faggot,
pussy, Obama loving, drum circle hippie, iPhone using, America hating,
wouldn’t know how to build a doomsday bunker if his life depended on
it… and it DOES!” category, and that would fine, because I’m not going
to sit here and be a hypocrite and pretend like my opinion of them would
be that much higher. That said, 5FDP is a band that HAS gone out of its
way to support our troops, does treat its fans really well (these guys
sit at the autograph table longer than some bands play sets), and in a world
of hateful assholes ripe for the picking, your choice to go after them
seems more than a bit forced.

http://www.facebook.com/joanna.w.trzaska Joanna Wraith Trzaska

That’s Zoltan’s opinion. Everyone has the right to freedom of speech, even you Mr. Harris. You’re calling this what ya doing professional journalism? It’s not even close to.
You insult someone, who you never met.
I like Zoltan, he is very nice, inteligent and polite man. He never did anything wrong to anyone.
And you ? what You do Mr. Harris? What kind of person are you ? and what gives you rights to shit on someones dignity ?!
You’re a pervert and you’re find pleasure when you tear other people down ?
You’re thinking that youre such a hero ? Why ? Because you write hateful things about someone on a blog? Grow up man … and back off. Get a life.

You are suck.
http://www.facebook.com/zack.schofield.31 Zack Schofield

1-0 to zoltan
Lisa Rabanus

So you are at it again, using your juvenile little blog to attack Five Finger Death Punch. This time, however, it is not even about their music, something about which you purport to have some background or knowledge. Now you are personally attacking Zoltan for his stance on his right to bear arms? I will give you one thing; you are consistent. As before, your lack of research, writitng skills, and objectivity are only eclipsed by your love of profanity and name-calling. I am sure all of your former employers shake their heads in disgust to have their names associated with such a hack. Good luck with your continuing job search…
thom

haha! on the pic he is holding a paintball market! and you call it assault rifel!
Assault
http://www.facebook.com/joanna.w.trzaska Joanna Wraith Trzaska

That’s Zoltan’s opinion. Everyone has the right to freedom of speech, even you Mr. Harris. You’re calling this what ya doing professional journalism? It’s not even close to.
You insult someone, who you never met.
I like Zoltan, he is very nice, inteligent and polite man. He never did anything wrong to anyone.
And you ? what You do Mr. Harris? What kind of person are you ? and what gives you rights to shit on someones dignity ?!
You’re a pervert and you’re find pleasure when you tear other people down ?
You’re thinking that youre such a hero ? Why ? Because you write hateful things about someone on a blog? Grow up man … and back off. Get a life.
You are suck.
http://www.facebook.com/siktom Siktom Cole

Sadly enough this is an excellant example of American journalism today.

Is it just me or does this twat waffle, Chris Harris, look like a real life version of “Beavis and Butthead’s” Stewart?

http://beavisandbutthead.wikia.com/wiki/Stewart_Stevenson
Levi

You are a fucking moron. I hope someone robs you at gunpoint and you will wish you had a gun to protect yourself. Fuck you.
Andrew

reading your rebuttals (comebacks) to people criticizing (pointing out faults) your “article” i came across the one about how he knows karate and has body guards and blah blah blah… Sean Taylor the name should sound familiar probably not to a narrow minded clown like you… but anyways he was a Pro-Football Free safety you know really strong big players he got shot and died so knowing karate and having body guards don’t mean a thing. if someone wants a gun (things that go boom and shoots small metal items out of it) to protect themselves then why complain. i put things in parenthesis so your ridiculously low comprehension level might understand.