Little red gun next to turntable.

Most likely a Zerostat anti-static gun. Mine seems to work good, kind of pricey though. Ive heard good things about Mapleshades one as well.

Mine's a Glock, painted red. It's to keep unathorized people from touching my turntable. Oh, wait...yeah, yeah it's a Zerostat. ;)

It's an audio phaser. You can contact the Enterprise and change the tracks on your cd player simultaneously.

As Jlind325is suggests, you're probably seeing a Zerostat which is used to dissipate the static electric charge that accumulates on your vinyl. I've used one for 20+ years and it still works well. Probably a more important accessory for your vinyl is a carbon fibre brush for removing static and surface dust. I like the Audioquest brush and use it before playing each side.

Y'all made my day :) great post!

BTW...I do have one of those red guns.