whiteM1lk said:
A simple 9mm pistol that has the power to blow up a city with one pull of the trigger.
So, the Noisy Cricket from Men in Black except even more ludicrously powerful?
I like indirect weapons. Something like a meat-juice gun that brings every predator for miles down on your target. On a more savage world they'd beg you to just shoot them normally before the locals arrive.
Not sure if this one's been done before, but how about an electromagnetic Tether gun that you swing about like a huge sword after you've caught one or more people? Smash 'em into walls, doors, other people (who will be added to the knot of squirming people on the end of the stream), hazards, etc. Or just position the stream behind you and continue on, dragging them behind you all the way.