[SPARTAN-023 unholsters the pistol from its fund, pointing its tip away from the two women, and removes the magazine and the bullet from the chamber.]

This is a handgun. [She talks, remembering the instructions her trainers gave when teaching them about these weapons.] It's for personal defense, capable to be bought by civilians, but issued for officers in addition to the standard-issue weapons. Short range and power, but it does the job.