Laser rifles were one type of laser-based weapons.
Mikhyl Nevenskoi, a 22nd century human, was a skilled user of a laser rifle as well as a laser pistol. (GAME: The Legions of Death [+]J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1986).)
When the Fugitive Doctor escaped from Gat, she was wielding one, much to the Thirteenth Doctor's distress. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon)