I had a long ass block of text before but I accidentally closed out of the tab... So I'm going to just be brief.
There are 4 primary weapon types, Scout Rifles, Pulse Rifles, Auto Rifles, and Hand Cannons.
Hand Cannons don't have a place in the circle of life. Scouts are long ranged, Pulse is mid, and auto rifle is short.
Hand Cannons just take up the place of another weapon type, usually causing most of that weapon type to be useless.
Hand Cannons don't belong in the game. Certain hand cannons likes TLW, Thorn year one, and hawkmoon were and kinda still are game breaking. Plus some legendary ones that I don't feel like spelling.
This is not a hate post. Just my opinion.