Lawgiver

Judge Dredd
The Lawgiver is a futuristic handgun featured in comics originally published by IPC, and later by Fleetway Publications, Eagle Comics, and IDW Publishing. It is the preferred weapon of choice of a street judge named Joseph Dredd.

Appearances
 * 2000 AD 2

Planet of the Apes
The Lawgiver's writings and quotes formed the basis of the apes' system of laws and customs, particularly with regard to humans, whom the Lawgiver had declared "the devil's pawn", to be shunned and driven out, if not destroyed outright. Statues of the Lawgiver were common around Ape City as well as a shrine dedicated to the Lawgiver. When the gorilla army saw a vision of such a statue bleeding, they panicked, showing their regard for this icon.

By the time that the Lawgiver appeared in the year 2670, the children whom he addressed (as he narrated the story of Caesar) were a mix of both humans and apes; the joint society Caesar ultimately promoted appeared to have succeeded, and instead of condemning humans, the Lawgiver had accepted them as his students. When asked by a human child who would know about the future, the Lawgiver quotes that the dead would know. The tear shed by the statue of Caesar at the end of the film is an indication that his efforts would ultimately fail. Since The Lawgiver spoke of "evil men who betrayed God's trust", it is possible that zealots perverted his peaceful teachings over the centuries.