Cannot Unequip Weapon

[DoobyOrNotDooby]

After receiving the pistol from the guard in the cave, I cannot unequip it or break it down. The option isn’t even shown, and if I use the ‘triangle’ options menu from the inventory slot, the all options are grayed-out and unresponsive except for the ‘Swap’ option. I’ve tried reloading previous saves, restarting the app, restarting the console, and even restarted with a brand new play through over this. 
 

Thanks for any advice or solution. I appreciate your time. 

[craigdelish]

I'm pretty sure in the inventory menu, you can't unequip the item you currently have in your hand, which will have a gold color background in the weapon slot box. Maybe you need more weapon slots first so you can change weapons?

[Derf360]

So, this was confusing... if you just click on a weapon you would like to equip, it goes into that slot(in your hand).. other wise it will take an empty slot first..

[Ian Kester-Haney]

Drag the gun from equipped slot to bag space below.  This should unequip the weapon and allow for breaking it down. You can also drag a weapon from bag space over the current equipped weapon to swap them out.

[DoobyOrNotDooby]

1 hour ago, craigdelish said:

I'm pretty sure in the inventory menu, you can't unequip the item you currently have in your hand, which will have a gold color background in the weapon slot box. Maybe you need more weapon slots first so you can change weapons?

I believe you’re correct after some more play time. I think it’s a design choice so players don’t accidentally fully disarm themselves, whereas at first it seemed like the pistol was bugged. Thanks everyone for your help.