The skrulls can shape-shift to use parts of their bodies to form solid hand-weapons (as extensions), but how did the Skrull impersonating Coulson get a human gun - which he allegedly could use and can actually drop? From the Wikia article on Skrulls: When they imitate an inorganic object, they take on its appearance, but not its properties. More @Wikipedia
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