Uh, no. You can survive very easily, without a weapon, problem is most of the people who play now adays are people who think they can kill anyone and anything with nothing, and end up running into hostile zones with A: tons of zombies, B: areas with people in it, aren't cautious at all or not enough, or C: both. At the end of the day, you just need to lay low and find the correct buildings with weapons in them. If you can't do that then i'm afraid you don't play the role of the fittest.