Guess what this is

[RBS]

Jack you got Jonesed, WTG. Jones

[Jones]

Go ahead Jack: I REALLY should be doing my work. No joke.

[RC-10M]

good job

[RBS]

OK, since Jones passed and Jack may not have seen the post....whoever has a pic post it.

[jack]

Thanks Jones

The item in his hands

[Volkoronado]

A flashlight?

[jack]

It is pretty much a flashlight, but it actually was used for a specific purpose. (its one of the first of its kind)

[Volkoronado]

Looks like a zap gun ('tazer'?) of sorts.

[jack]

Hmmm. You do have to aim it to use it. It wouldn't hurt anybody though if you pointed it at them. The technology behind this item improved greatly over the following decades.

[Crimsonthread]

A hand-powered flashlight?

Or... perhaps a price scanner?

[Lilliputt]

Or maybe a laser pointer?

[jack]

Nope. It is used to change something.

[Volkoronado]

One of the first remote controls?
Zenith's Flash-o-Matic

[jack]

One of the first remote controls?
Zenith's Flash-o-Matic

Good job You got it!

[RBS]

I bet Volko got it. I see the Zenith trademark

Edit: WTG Volko and welcome to the forum dude.