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So you've got a hero. He's a really good hero, and [[Heroic Vow|he has rules]] (heroes often do, after all). Let's say, hypothetically, that one of those rules is that [[Doesn't Like Guns|he'll never use a gun]]. [[Death by Origin Story|Maybe his parents were brutally murdered in front of him with one, spurring him into heroism in the first place.]] Whatever. The guy doesn't use guns.
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Batman's Got a Gun.
Can, and often does, overlap with [[Let's Get Dangerous]], [[Big Damn Heroes]], [[
Happens most frequently to the [[Retired Badass]], [[Knight in Shining Armor]], or [[Invincible Hero]], often during a [[What You Are in the Dark]] moment.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Trigun]]'': Vash uses guns all the time. However, as a master of [[Improbable Aiming Skills]], he uses it solely for trick shots, and when in serious trouble, will at most shoot a person somewhere where they'll heal. He doesn't believe in a situation where you can't save everyone. However, {{spoiler|at one point, he is given a true no win scenario, where the villain sets up a situation that will result in the death of his friends, unless the villain is killed (he has... issues). After much hesitation, Vash kills him. He [[Heroic BSOD|doesn't take it well]]. Bear in mind that this was merely [[The Dragon]] he killed, and getting himself shot was the whole point.}}
* Miria in ''[[Claymore]]'' breaks her one rule of never killing fellow Claymores during her battle against {{spoiler|Hysteria the Elegant}}, as that was the only way to end the fight before {{spoiler|a recently Awakened Cassandra}} killed all her allies.
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== Film ==
* In''[[ High Noon]]'', Amy Fowler (Grace Kelly), a devout Quaker, comes to the rescue of her new husband Will Kane (Gary Cooper) when she {{spoiler| shoots one of his enemies from behind, violating her pacifist beliefs in order to save Will's life}}.
* In ''[[Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead]]'', protagonist Jimmy the Saint spends the last twenty minutes or so of the movie doing all the things he spent the whole movie trying to avoid doing.
* In ''[[Wizards]]'', [[Actual Pacifist]] wizard Avatar confronts his [[Cain and Abel|evil brother]] Blackwolf, {{spoiler|and rather than engage him in a [[Wizard Duel]], simply pulls out a gun and shoots him dead.}}
* In ''[[The Rundown]],'' the Rock's character refuses to pick up a gun the entire movie, maintaining that "bad things happen" when he does. When he gets into a tight spot in the end, he does end up using
* In ''[[Unforgiven]]'', William Munny avoids drinking because his wife "cured" him of such vices before she died. When Little Bill kills Ned, Munny finishes the Kid's bottle of whiskey and goes on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]].
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** The Eleventh Doctor takes a soldier's pistol in the climax of "The Time of Angels." However, he only uses it to {{spoiler|destroy a Gravity Globe and engineer an escape from the Weeping Angels.}}
* ''[[Leverage]]'': Elliot Spencer does not like guns. He never said he couldn't use them.
* ''[[White Collar]]'''s [[Con Men Hate Guns|Neal]] snaps in this manner when he has a chance to encounter and kill the man who {{spoiler|he believes}} killed {{spoiler|[[Love Interest|Kate]]}}. All of his friends are so worried about him being in this state that when [[Conspiracy Theorist|Mozzie]] finds out he's got a gun, [[
* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] [[Doesn't Like Guns]]. She thinks they're not helpful, she has terrible aim with them and has a vested interest in not involving gunplay, not the least being one of her best friends and secret
== [[Music]] ==
* In the ''[[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (song)|Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]'', Batman stole [[Indiana Jones]]' gun, and he shot, and he missed. Then [[Jackie Chan]] deflected it with his fist.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Faith from ''[[Mirror's
* Played with in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'', with Snake's rule not to use CQC (added to the series in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', a prequel, so presumably Snake knew it since before ''[[Metal Gear
* Played brilliantly straight in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3''. [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Dante and Virgil]] are twins who are the sons of the demon Sparda. Dante chose to fight against demons, despite being half-demon himself, while Virgil joined them. Dante uses his pistols, Ebony and Ivory, and his [[
* Sort of in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', in the [[Tear Jerker|Overlord DLC]]. Paragon!Shepard isn't completely averse to violence, but tends to keep it as a last resort. Later in the mission, there is a paragon interrupt to pistol whip a [[Complete Monster]] because of his [[Moral Event Horizon]], not in self-defence. And it's [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|awesome]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' is kicked off when an aged, ailing Batman suffers a heart attack at the worst possible
* The ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Dead Reckoning" has [[Deadman (Comic Book)|Deadman]] possess Batman and kill Devil Ray with a nearby gun in order to save [[Wonder Woman]]. Batman is visibly disgusted with it.
** Deadman [[Heroic BSOD|doesn't react too well either]].
** Another episode has an [[Alternate History]] version of Batman grab a gun from a fellow resistance fighter. Of course, his parents weren't killed by a lone gunman right in front of him, but killed by Hugo Savage's soldiers storming Wayne Manor.
* ''[[Batman: The
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