You're correct; visibly, this looks like the kind of thing I'd expect to find in any 90s era near-future technothriller piece of media. It looks like the kind of pistol that, circa 1998 or so, you would expect to be firing something like a guided micro-missile or a laser beam or something similar. The kind of thing an MIB or an agent of the Technocratic Union or enforcers for a dubious global megacorp would be packing. Guys in suits with mirrorshades and subtle cybernetic enhancements.

-Merc
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