Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 29: Trolls (Seeking follow-up reading)

Big 5 Sporting Goods, abbreviated as Big 1955, is a sporting goods store chain founded in .

From Nike, Adidas and Under Armour to Fila, Bear Paw and New Balance, almost all sports brands have set up counters here.

In his previous life, Ethan often visited this place because he could put together a sports suit by spending only a hundred or two hundred dollars.

And Evelin brought him here today, but not to buy him clothes and shoes.

After entering the store, the girl ran straight towards the hunting display case.

Then, the dazzling array of firearms stored in the window appeared in Ethan's sight.

The next second he heard the girl say: "Hello? Is anyone there? I need to take the Firearm Safety Certification exam."

Before he finished speaking, a burly middle-aged white man stood up from behind the counter.

"Who's taking the test?" He first glanced at Evelyn, then moved his gaze to Ethan. "The test fee is ten dollars, and you can take it twice. If you fail, you can take it again after 24 hours."

"Okay." Evelyn took out ten dollars from her handbag and handed it to the other party, then pointed at Ethan, "He will take the test."

Firearm Safety Certification, referred to as FSC, is a gun safety certificate under California law. Anyone who buys or owns a gun must pass this assessment. As long as 23 out of 30 questions are answered correctly, you can get the certificate, which is valid for five years.

In fact, when Ethan saw Evelyn running towards the gun area as soon as she got off the car, he had already guessed what the girl wanted to do. After Evelyn called out "Coach", "I want to play basketball", "Oh no, I want to take a gun license test", Ethan's face was filled with a smile.

"Oh, Evelyn..." Ethan called out his sister's name.

However, before he could finish his words, Evelin interrupted him and said, “Don’t refuse.”

"Didn't you say before that you were threatened when buying materials?"

"Although California has strict gun control, to be honest, San Francisco is still too chaotic. It's nice to have a gun in this damn place, so... just consider it a gift from me to celebrate the sale of the game?"

"Wow~ I like this gift!"

Ethan nodded with a smile and said, "Besides, you misunderstood. I didn't mean to refuse just now."

"I'm just...happy."

That’s right, when Ethan saw the guns of various shapes on the display case, the corners of his mouth almost rose to his ears!

Because he wanted to touch a gun in his previous life!
But at that time he had a long-term visa, and it was very troublesome to get a gun license with a visa in that damn place like New York.

So I never got the chance.

But now it’s different. Although California’s gun laws are strict and painful, at this moment, that’s old Washington’s Star-Spangled Banner, right?

Without identity restrictions, it is easy to touch a gun!
The FSC assessment is also very simple, consisting of only true-or-false and multiple-choice questions. The content of the questions can be measured by the intelligence of a third-grade primary school student.

Because the structure of a gun can be identified as long as you can read the words, and the way to use it is even simpler. The only safety questions that may be difficult are still - "Are guns with safety devices 100% safe?", "Is it legal to shoot at the sky?" and other such obvious questions.

As long as you have a bit of normal human logic and don't insist like some gods that the earth is flat, you will know that nothing in this world is absolute, so the safety device is not 100% safe.

Since the teacher asked you whether it is legal to shoot into the sky, then this matter is definitely illegal.

Hey, the main theme is rebellion!
Oh no, that's anti-logic!

Therefore, after Ethan received half an hour of written training, he finished the test with full marks in just ten minutes and received the FSC certificate on the spot.

Then, I showed my driver's license and vehicle registration card, and filled out a questionnaire at the request of the counter staff.

After crossing out a series of questions, such as whether he had ever committed a crime, whether he had a drunk driving record, whether he had ever been arrested by law enforcement agencies, and whether he had used psychotropic drugs or narcotics, Ethan chose a shotgun worth $870, the Remington .

Then, Ethan and Evelyn returned home empty-handed.

That’s right, the first time you buy a gun in California, you need to go through a background check.

The staff at the gun store will submit the information to the California Department of Justice and Foberle to ensure that your information meets the standards and is true and valid. This process takes ten days, so the fastest you can get the gun is on the eleventh day. But this is not important, right?

Now that I have passed the FSC, the ten-day countdown seems to have passed in a flash!

Uh... okay...

Ethan admitted that these ten days were extremely torturous.

He was so happy about having a gun that he could hardly sleep.

So much so that on the morning of the tenth day, when he went to Wuda to get his gun, he had a big panda eye.

But when he got the heavy shotgun in his hand, he felt that the wait was worth it.

I couldn't wait to get to the shooting range in San Jose and put a twenty-dollar bill on the boss's desk.

I hired a private instructor to teach me how to shoot.

Although the Remington 870 shotgun has no sight or scale, it is really easy to use.

Regardless of whether it is shoulder-fire or hip-fire, it uses 18.4 bullets and the aiming method is very simple. Just pull the trigger at the approximate position of the target.

With a loud bang, the wooden board ten meters away flew directly! The watermelon twenty meters away was rotten directly! The plastic bucket thirty meters away suddenly cracked! There were bullet holes on the steel plate forty meters away!
Such power really made Ethan unable to let it go.

Touching the black gun body, Ethan decided that he would take this thing with him whenever he went out.

"Damn it! If anyone threatens me again in the future, I will take out this big thing! Ask those idiots whether they want to be Yongle or the crown prince!"

However, when he thought about the fact that he had only hit targets and was still some distance away from actual shooting, when he returned home again, he discussed with Thomas whether they should organize a family gathering.

For example, go hunting in the surrounding hunting grounds?
Thomas could understand Ethan's joy at getting a new toy, but at the same time—

"Ethan, I have to go to the orchard every day and I really don't have the time. Why don't you go and have fun by yourselves?" Thomas suggested with a bit of toothache.

"Oh Thomas! What are you talking about! This family can't live without you!" Ethan continued to invite.

Evelyn also agreed, "Dad, I think Ethan is right."

"Aren't you tired of going to the orchard every day? Take a proper day off and give yourself a holiday."

"Yes, you are busy every day, it is time to take a break." Linda also thought it was good, "The workers we employ all abide by the eight-hour work system. Why do you, as a boss, have to work all year round?"

Seeing that his wife, daughter and nephew had already formed a united front, Thomas could no longer make excuses.

"Okay, let me think about it. Give me some time. I'll talk to the Fish and Game Bureau and see if there's any suitable place for hunting nearby."

"Wild boars and black bears are too fierce, so...deer and antelopes..."

"Yeah~" Ethan cheered first, "Thomas, I love you!"

"Okay, okay~" Thomas nodded slightly, accepting Ethan's love. At the same time, he said to his wife, "Linda, if you want to go hunting, make sure you take the hunting license test. Although you can pass if you answer 80 out of 100 questions correctly, you have to complete the offline training time yourself."

"Okay, Okay, I'll go." Linda nodded with a smile.

As the matter was confirmed, a happy atmosphere filled the house.

However, just as Ethan was getting ready for the upcoming family gathering, Steve Jobs suddenly came to visit on the evening of April 30th.

His arrival also delayed the Johnson family's party plans.

Because after Steve Jobs got off the motorcycle, he smiled and said to Ethan: "Ethan, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, Nolan will introduce Snake Game to the merchants invited to the Atari factory."

"After my efforts, he agreed to let me be the keynote speaker and introduce the product on stage."

(End of this chapter)