We have been talking about this in my clan... What about dual wield hand cannons? We haven't worked out the details for the perks but a melee that's a "pistol slap" would be awesome to see and use. A glass half full and explosive rounds would be great. Or even an agility perk that allows you to move at the same speed even while aiming down the sights.

A handcannon as a special is a pretty cool idea actually

Yeah. We really need more exotics and the chance of getting exotics should be very very low. We also need more exotic bounties. What would be this handcannon's exotic perk though?

I think the exotic perk should be something like one handcannon does one burn, solar, arc, or void, and the other would do one of the other two.[spoiler]Maybe even enabling you to choose the two burns from all three?[/spoiler] This way it would deserve an exotic slot in the special category during a nightfall with all three burns active by enabling you to have a good primary, a scout with third eye(say fang of ir yut) or pulse with full auto(Oversoul edict) and a heavy(Song of ir yut) since those three weapons have arc burn you could still equip the handcannons with the solar and void burn, thus enabling you to have all three burns with a open slot(your primary or heavy) to use as an extra to help pack a punch.