It's nice that he seems to be taking the gun safety instructions his dad gave him seriously.

He around guns all the time, so it makes sense

Good on him for proper gun safety, but as always, love leads one to let their guard down at the best of times.

He probably could have tried to explain the situation

good gun safety when used to be the norm back then even in the wasteland I guess the 70s era of gun mindset was still around still.

man the 70s and 80s was the highlight on gun ownership

I guess gun safety would be even more obvious in a setting like this

but kind of weird a trooper asks "where did you get that gun kid?" hallo trooper this is the wasteland if anything one of the many ruin buildings could have atless one gun in there or make one

fun fact the phone lines in the USA during the 70s was still 100% analog and have been tested to be nuke proof as well, as long the hardware at the phone switch have power you will still make calls when the bombs hit

why I say this well in theory as long they can find all the phone relay hardware and fix them up a little all they need is to laydown copper wire to fix the phone lines again