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{{quote|''"A blade in my left, a gun in my right<br />
''To beat you within, an inch of your life"''|'''[[Anthrax (Music)|Anthrax]]''', "Armed and Dangerous"}}
The child of [[Guns Akimbo]] and [[Dual-Wielding]] - a character simultaneously wielding a gun in one hand and a sword in another, or another combination of projectile and melee weapon. This would generally be impractical, as you might want that other hand free to help you steady or something, but it is much, much easier to [[Firing One-Handed|handle a weapon with one hand in fiction]]. Thank the [[Rule of Cool]] for that one.
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* It seems to be quite popular in ''[[Gundam 00]]''. Such as {{spoiler|when Alejandro's Alvaaron exited its base mobile armor he carried two guns only to toss one away and draw a beam sword. Ribbons' Gundam in the [[Grand Finale]] also does this, but mostly it seems to be because the rifle is mounted on the arm rather than being purely hand-carried.}} Also two Trinities, Graham, Exia, and Dynames near the end of season 1.
** ''[[Crossbone Gundam]]'', being about [[Space Pirate]] [[Humongous Mecha]], naturally does it, but with a special twist. Their pistol and sword (modeled on the flintlock and cutlass) can combine into a standard beam rifle that can fire rifle grenades, meaning both weapons are always right at hand.
*** The X1 and X2 play this straight but the X3 has the "Muramasa Blaster" instead, a beam rifle that happens to have
** ''[[Gundam]]'' in general is this, carrying beam rifle for shooting and beam saber for melee.
* In ''[[Kämpfer (Light Novel)|Kämpfer]]'', {{spoiler|Sakura}} wields a katana in one hand and a modified Beretta 92G Elite II pistol in the other {{spoiler|[[The Reveal|post-reveal]]}}
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