What happened is a sociopath got a hold of your Winter Soldier playbook and that same sociopath is locked up far away from here. There's no one here who knows the words and if they did, they'd have to answer to a lot of angry and strong people.
Have I been talking with an inanimate object this whole time? Guns don't complain about being stuck in small cars. They sure as hell don't skip out on a movie date with a beautiful roommate. They don't need a weapon, Barnes.