In the 1975 manual "Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual", it's mistaken for a ray gun.
Ray Gun: It's an area weapon, capable of stunning or disrupting a crowd of attackers.
Laser Beacon: Used by landing parties to signal the orbiting starship when there are possible difficulties in using the hand-held communicators. Seen being used by DeSalle in "The Squire of Gothos)
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