Read the excerpt below and answer the question, Whut's the use talkin wid em in the field? Anyhow, his mother was putting supper on the table. Them can't understan nothing. One of these days he was going to get a gun and practice shooting, then they couldn't talk to him as though he were a little boy. He slowed, looking at the ground. Shucks, Ah ain scareda them even ef they are biggem mel Aw, Ah know whut Ahma do. Ahm going by ol Joe's ston git that Sears Roebuck catlog n look at them guns. Mebbe Ma will lemme buy one when she gits mah pay from ol man Hawkins, Ahma beg hert gimme some money. Ahm ol ernough to hava gun. Ahm seventeen. Almost a man. He strode, feeling his long loose-jointed limbs. Shucks, a man oughta hava little gun aftah he done worked hard all day. Based on this excerpt from "The Man Who Was Almost a Man," what inference can the reader make about why Dave wants a gun?
He wants to hurt one of his coworkers with a gun
He believes that a gun is a basic necessity in his life.
He wants to learn to shoot a gun to occupy his free time.
He believes that a gun will bring him respect from others.​