Pistol

A pistol is just a regular ole' gun. It holds six bullets. You pull the trigger and it goes "Bang! Bang!". If you're lucky, the bullets that come out of the barrel will strike an offending target, possibly even killing them. Pistols are utilized by a wide variety of individuals ranging from law-enforcement officers, to bodyguards and of course criminals. In the United States, most firearms need to be registered in order for them be of legal use. Gun owners may also be required to carry certain permits, such as a concealed weapons permit.

Pistols may also exist in some manner of futuristic form. In the Star Trek multimedia franchise, a Phase pistol served as the predecessor of the more commonly known Type 1 or Type 2 phaser weapon. These were the standard weapon of choice amongst Starfleet officers and members of the Military Assault Command Operations.

Gun usage has been utilized in nearly all forms of speculative fiction and has often had a dramatic effect on the lives of others. Surely, Batman would have never become the dark knight avenger that the world knows him as if it weren't for some random mugger named Joe Chill gunning down his parents in Crime Alley.