"By the way, do you have a gun permit?"
He Dong'er asked.
"No."
Xiao Wang answered honestly.
"Then without a gun permit, you can't collect a firearm. You can only collect other equipment."
Xiao Wang knew that carrying a gun required a permit. Every student who graduated from a military or police academy received one automatically, but anyone else who wanted to legally own a gun had to take an exam for it.
This was both for safety and for easier management.
He also knew that gun permits were difficult and expensive to obtain. Back in school, each bullet had cost 30 Federal Credits, and that was with federal subsidies. Without subsidies, they would cost even more. For ordinary people taking the gun permit exam, training alone would likely require over ten thousand rounds. That expense was beyond what most people could afford.
"Can we take the gun permit exam through the Patrol Bureau?"
"Yes. Once you get your permit, you can come back to me to collect a firearm."
"Alright."
"Have you received firearms training?"
"No." Xiao Wang answered honestly, then casually asked, "Is it expensive?"
"How should I put it? It's definitely a little expensive for me. Bullets here are cheaper than at school, but they still cost 20 Federal Credits each. Based on my experience, you'll probably need to train with ten thousand rounds to qualify. That's the average for military and police academies. Of course, if you're very talented, you might pass after only a few thousand rounds. That would be a different matter."
"Twenty Federal Credits per round, ten thousand rounds... that's 200,000 Federal Credits. Just getting a firearms permit really is a bit expensive."
"That's not all. Even after ordinary people get one, they still have to keep training to maintain their standards. They'd