Bentley Baldwin shrugged, "Listen, all you need to do is register. You brought your passport and ID, right?"
His wife patted the bag she was carrying and nodded.
They nervously queued behind the cars. About 500 meters before reaching the checkpoint, they noticed a patrol military vehicle displaying the sign: "You have entered into a secure alert area. No one is allowed to exit their car. Violators will be punished!"
"Wow, Dad, look, is that a machine gun?" Their daughter pointed at the soldier standing behind a heavy machine gun on the Humvee, wearing a mask.
"M2 Browning heavy machine gun," Bentley Baldwin glanced at it and said.
"Is it powerful?"
The man thought for a moment, then nodded, "It can turn that damned White House into a sieve."
"Damned White House!" his daughter raised her hand and shouted.
His wife smacked him gently on the shoulder and frowned as she turned back, "Ali, don't use foul language."
