What is the main challenge of creating energy based weapons?

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For example: laser rifles or pistols, anything that shoots out concussive energy that you see in sci-fi shooter games. This is obviously in the realm of science fiction but I can’t imagine that kind of technology is impossible to come by. With those weapons they can probably hold up to hundreds of rounds worth of energy/plasma/etc.

What would be the main roadblock with this kind of weaponry?

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Storing mass amounts of power is not super easy. Think about trying to surge strain a battery. I feel like it would melt the connections. Need something to handle high voltage if it was available. I don’t think shared electrical household wiring can supply it. Like ive dropped lights connected to house hold and it fried the wires because they could not handle the current. Go ahead and state if I’m wrong.

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