The more i think about it, the more lame it is to tie weapons to pal abilities, let Pals have an ability AND turn the weapons into an equippable slot (could make it take the slot of a pal attack) and then allow all pals without a real ability to have one, and those that can't claw their way out of their pitiful low tier combat prowess to let a gun fix their offensive woes.
>inb4 quadrupeds
Refer to this image on how to make pals without hands use guns.