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{{quote|'''90s Kid:''' "And one of them has the greatest superpower of all, [[Big Word Shout|GUUUUUUNS]]!"|''[[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Atop the Fourth Wall]]''}}
For various reasons, [[Doesn't Like Guns]] is a common thing with comic book style superheroes and supervillains (whether it's ethics, style, or something else). Even before the comics code was written, it was rare to see heroes with guns. Then some heroes who broke this rule caught on, and soon more and more heroes and villains began using guns. This soon became closely associated with the [[Nineties Anti
This doesn't have to be just projectile firearms. Lasers will do as long as they are used more like firearms than [[Ray Gun|Ray Guns]]. Heck, even flamethrowers and bazookas can count. Bonus points if the character is also wearing a [[Badass Bandolier]].
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* The Scarlet Spectre of ''[[Freedom City]]'''s Time of Vengeance campaign, is a B-Level vigilante who, lacking superpowers or [[Crimefighting With Cash|much money]], fought crime with her father's .45 pistol.
* This is of the most obvious ways ''[[The Twelve]]'', a random group of [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]] from the last days of World War II, illustrate the [[Values Dissonance]] between their time and ours. A full half of them carry guns, from the [[Badass Normal|Badass Normals]] like Mr. E, the Witness, the Laughing Mask, and the Phantom Reporter, to [[Flying Brick]] Captain Wonder and powerful psychic Mastermind Excello.
* The Crimson Avenger in [[The DCU]]. Both the original in his [[Coat, Hat, Mask]] phase and the [[Nineties Anti
* The [[DC Comics]] [[Elseworlds]] story ''[[Superman At Earths End]]'' had a mostly-depowered Superman take up a [[BFG|ludicrously oversized gun]] in order to fight [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|twin clones of]] [[You Cloned Hitler|Hitler]]. Then it went on to include an [[Broken Aesop|anti-guns]] message at the end.
* Akemi Homura from ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' is a [[Magical Girl]] Packing Heat. No, that [[More Dakka|arsenal]] she carries doesn't come from her Magical Girl powers: she ''stole it from the [[Yakuza]] and the military''.
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* ''[[Moon Knight]]'' has on ocasion used weapons. But then again, he is a former mercenary and soldier (And in the Ultimate Universe, a former Navy Seal), and is known to be a dark subversion of [[Thou Shall Not Kill]], so its not exactly out of place. Its also one of the characteristics that seperate him from [[Alternate Company Equivalent|that other]] [[Batman (Comic Book)|Knight.]]
* [[Savage Dragon]] has superhuman aim that allows him to [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands|shoot without killing]], although he has done so when pressed.
* Eldritch of the [[Whateley Universe]]. The fact that she is [[Nigh Invulnerable]] and has magical abilities doesn't stop her from packing heat. In the Team Tactics course at [[Super
** In fact, Bladedancer asks Eldritch for gun training. No one expects the Chinese martial arts nut with the magic sword to also be packing an automatic.
* [[The Shadow]] is either a superhero or a proto-superhero depending on who you ask, but he wields a pair of automatics.
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