To be fair, the Hand Cannon I have equipped on my Warlock (You can see it if you check my profile), the original version of the New Monarchy "Red Hand IX", can kill literally anyone in 3 shots. Only 2 bullets if both are headshots. Its also got 10 rounds, a quick reload and ridiculous stability for pinpoint accuracy, with crazy max effective range to boot. It was seriously the first weapon I used Etheric Light, since you cannot get it anymore as it was only available prior to the Dark Below DLC. My gun is superior to the Thorn, and those using the Thorn against me quickly realize they need to switch weapons cause there is no way that thing is going to win it for them. Just saying. The Thorn is powerful, but not absolute.