If it is Morse Code, the top letter of a long gun and two pistols is "-.." This is the letter D. Second row is a pistol and a long gun ".-" This is an A.

If this is the correct path, I don't have the energy right now to start messing around with this puzzle.

For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."

2 Thessalonians 3:10