"Hey, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." Kaz takes the weapon and turns it over gingerly before testing the grip. As clear as it is that the gun is inactive and the anti-violence field is a thing, he still keeps it trained downwards.

"A NASA engineer recently developed what he called a TASER; it fires electrodes connected by wire. Not the most elegant design." He laughs. It's actually embarrassing compared to this beauty of a gun.

"It's not exactly the same as this puppy, but there's plenty of speculative work being done with concentrated electromagnetic waves, lasers, sonic waves... Given the zeal of the arms industry, I wager we'll have some viable directed energy weapons in no time. Not nearly this compact or nuanced, though." He offers the gun back, grip first.