Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160329001315/@comment-27447621-20160416121708

well, make it mostly flat, make the center bar the barrel, and you've got a heavy pistol easy

this could also be a crossbow, though. the bar could break open at a certain point along the fan and turn into the body of a crossbow.

if you want firearms, though, Spirited's right; with that grip the recoil from shotguns and large rifles is going to suck, because you're not holding the gun in a way that could support that type of force very well. you could either adapt the fan by rotating it 45 degrees when collapsed, allowing for a Pistol-grip shotgun, or you could somehow make that handle serve as a stock for an automatic weapon as well, though that could get complex.