2012! The prefered way of elimination!

[Deep One]

I'd probably start out getting a simple weapon like a baseballbat, knife or something, build up a "safe" base and then try to go to the police station with a group of friends/family and see if there's anyone alive there. If not I would try to loot it and see if I could find any weapons

I dunno... seems like melee weapons, while easy to acquire, aren't exactly the best choice either, as using them carries a high risk of infection. You have to get very close to a zombie to use them and not only will it try to bite you, you'll also get it's highly infectious blood splattered all over you if you hit it...

Also it won't react to being hit in the same way a human would. Hit a human in the face and he'll flinch away from you, a zombie won't react to the pain at all. It'll only be thrown back a bit by the force of the hit, if you're lucky (or very strong ) and it won't stop attacking you until it's dead (again) or can't move anymore...

I think melee weapons would be the best... Guns are loud as hell. Good swing of melee weapon like metallic pipe or crowbar would smash zombie's skull and brains, killing it.