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Why do laser guns in movies usually have a recoil?

Asked by gorillapaws (30521points) April 8th, 2008

Why does science fiction tend to portray laser guns as having a recoil when they wouldn’t. I realize not all sci-fi movies do this, but for the ones that do, isn’t it kind of silly?

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