From the acknowledgements:
Hickok45 and Clinton Armer for their technical firearms reviews.
Excerpt:
“What do you need a gun for?”
“Insurance. In case we have to stop in the middle of nowhere, I don’t want to get jacked. The desert is full of predators, my friend, some of them animals, some of them human.”
He was trying to sound like a movie character, but Jonathan couldn’t tell which one. “Well, if you think you need it, why lock it up?”
“It’s not legal for me to carry a firearm in California.” He smiled and said, “But this is Arizona, Johnny.”
Jonathan was pretty sure that one was Jack Nicholson.