2nd Amendment and "Ray" guns

[Manco]

its really just a matter of getting batteries small enough and powerful enough and getting those pesky capacitors down to a more reasonable size.

Yeah, and this has always been a humongous challenge over the many decades since the Industrial Revolution, that's all.

 

[Toaster]

WHAT? You mean that I can't go into any old Mom n Pop gun shop and get a Phase Plasma Rifle with a 40 watt range? Aw crap. What am I to do with all my birthday money now? ; )