Handgun? Oh you mean a PISTOL?
I never heard of the term “handgun” until the last few years... It is made up word by clowns.
“Handgun” is not even in Webster’s dictionary of the last 150 years but “pistol” is. No such animal as a “handgun.”You won’t even find it in the westerns nor B movies of the 20th century. Somebody tell these clowns that they are morons. They don’t even use the correct word in the Dictionary but change it to some stupid word. Heck you can hold an AR with one hand and bang off rounds.
Handgun is a common term that covers both pistols and revolvers. It is an accurate term, not something made up, like “assault weapon” which was intended to have negative connotations in order to facilitate civilian disarmament.