Chapter 29: Buying a Gun at a Gun Shop (Part II)
"If you're satisfied, you can try it at the back range, fifty dollars can shoot a hundred rounds!" The clerk and young man enthusiastically recommended to Li Chenghua.
When Li Chenghua heard this, he quickly nodded excitedly and followed the young man into the shooting range behind.
As soon as I entered the shooting range, I heard the sound of "da-da-da" gunshots in the entire shooting range, and when I looked at it again, there were really a lot of people inside.
After a few glances around the shooting range, he found that Mark was standing in front of a shooting table not far from the door, focusing on the target.
Approaching the shooting table, the clerk first put a few boxes of bullets on the table, and began to teach Li Chenghua how to load bullets hand in hand, and then the two of them put on ear protectors one after another.
"Da-da-da-da" The crisp sound of gunfire rang out one after another in the shooting range. The heaviness he felt in his hands when he fired the gun, as well as the sound of gunshots, involuntarily made Li Chenghua feel that his blood was boiling.
After trying the M1911 and UPS45 pistols one after another, Li Chenghua decided to give up the M1911, the clerk was right, the recoil of the M1911 was really big, and his shoulders were a little sore after a few shots. However, Li Chenghua is very satisfied with UPS45.
He pointed to UPS45 at the clerk, indicating that he had decided to ask for the gun. Then I tried the Remington 700 rifle again, and it felt okay. Li Chenghua put down his rifle and continued to play with the UPS45 pistol.
A full hundred rounds of ammunition took more than half an hour, and was finally consumed by Li Chenghua. During the target shooting, the clerk was also enthusiastically correcting the correct stance for holding the gun and shooting, as well as the tricks of how to aim the bullseye correctly, and it can almost be said that he accompanied him throughout the whole process.
After the target shooting, he glanced in the direction of Mark, and saw that Mark was still shooting at the target with great interest, so Li Chenghua had no choice but to walk behind Mark and pat him on the shoulder.
Mark took off the ear protector and turned around, Li Chenghua gestured to Mark to wait outside, Mark nodded, and also replied with an "ok" gesture and put on the ear protector, Li Chenghua followed the clerk out of the shooting range.
As soon as he came out of the shooting range, Li Chenghua was still excited, and pointed directly to the clerk with the UPS45 pistol and the Remington 700 rifle, and asked: "I decided to buy these two guns, I brought a gun license plate and a green card, do you need anything from me?" β
The clerk smiled and said, "Give me your gun license plate and green card, and then fill out these forms, and I can directly help you apply for a gun license." As he spoke, he took out a stack of forms from the counter drawer and handed them to Li Chenghua.
Li Chenghua handed the gun card that he had donated 20,000 US dollars to get in his hand to the clerk, and then took out the green card and put it on the counter.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the young man finally hung up the phone and walked back, said "OK, no problem", then took out a pen and handed it to Li Chenghua, saying, "Now you just need to fill out these forms." β
Li Chenghua asked, "It's that simple?" Is it enough to make a phone call? β
The clerk said with a smile: "Well, it is usually a phone call to the FBI to confirm that the gun buyer has no criminal record, no history of mental illness, and it is enough to confirm the age of the gun buyer." The buyer of the gun must be at least 18 years old, and the buyer of the pistol must be at least 21 years old.
After listening to the clerk's explanation, Li Chenghua filled out a thick stack of forms under the guidance of the young man. After filling out the form, the young man said "wait a minute" to Li Chenghua, and then walked into an office with the stack of forms and Li Chenghua's gun green card.
At this time, Mark just walked out of the shooting range, and when he saw Li Chenghua standing alone in front of the counter, he asked, "Have you got the gun license?" What guns do you fancie? β
"Well, I chose a UPS45 pistol and a Remington 700 rifle, and the clerk is already helping me with a gun license." Li Chenghua replied.
Mark walked to Li Chenghua and waited with him.
After about ten minutes or so, the clerk came out of the office, walked up to Li Chenghua, handed back the gun plate and green card, took out a dark brown book with the American emblem, and said, "Sir, this is your gun license, please keep it." Now you can buy any firearm you like. However, there is another thing to remind you that within the next three days, you will be contacted directly by the police department to complete the final step of the process of registering your firearm. β
Li Chenghua excitedly put away all his documents and was about to take out his credit card to settle the bill, but the clerk began to sell him bullets. What 500 rounds of ammunition is as much as the discount, and how much is the discount of 1,000 rounds of ammunition, Li Chenghua was coaxed by these discounts, and his head was hot, so he decided to equip his two guns with 1,000 rounds of ammunition each.
When he saw the young man take out the bullet, Li Chenghua was dumbfounded, and he actually filled two small plastic boxes.
The young man followed the clerk to the tent, and when the list was typed out, he saw that the pistol was four hundred and sixty-eight dollars, the rifle was thirteen hundred dollars with scopes, and the two thousand rounds of ammunition were eight hundred dollars, and the pistol and rifle were packed into one box, and the locks for the two guns were also included. A total of two thousand five hundred and sixty-eight US dollars were spent, and after swiping the card to pay the bill, the young man enthusiastically helped Li Chenghua move all the guys to the back seat of Mark's chartered car.
"Hi. Man, how about sending you straight home now? Mark sat in the driver's seat, pulled his sunglasses out of his jacket pocket, and plugged in the car keys to start the engine.
"Okay, thank you so much today, my friend! Please send me straight home. Li Chenghua looked back at the new "toy" in the back seat, and said with a satisfied smile to Mark.
βletβsββgo!β Mark put his sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, put on a cool expression at Li Chenghua, and then turned on the car stereo and stepped on the accelerator to the accompaniment of passionate rock music.