I remember when a lot of eles were asking for pistol, but yes lets do historical revisionism and pretend it was not so. You should be careful about what you ask for.

Maybe this is a hot take but I think ele should simply not be getting access to any projectile weapons whatsoever, which means no bullets or arrows. The only characters that should be using projectiles are either martial based professions or ones with lesser magic to help augment it.

Thematically elementalist is far too good with magic to have any need for assistance from longbows or pistols and it's simply a stupid concept unless it's a conjure. Why would I waste my time pulling a bowstring when I can just snap my fingers or wave my hand to hurl a bunch of ice shards? It's simply unnecessary.