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* In ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', Oliver specifically explains why Team Arrow doesn't use guns, saying that a bow and arrow is more deliberate and less careless, forcing you to choose carefully before dispensing potentially lethal force.

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* In ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', Oliver specifically explains why Team Arrow doesn't use guns, saying that a bow and arrow is more deliberate and less careless, forcing you to choose carefully before dispensing potentially lethal force. Wild Dog and Spartan eventually use firearms. There's some debate over whether they use darts, but we know they use regular lethal rounds at least ''some'' of the time.
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* Downplayed in ''Film/GetShorty'' by Chili Palmer. He doesn't carry a gun in his usual line of work as a loan shark, both because lethal force isn't the most effective way to get someone to pay up on a marker, and because he's charismatic and persuasive enough that violence is rarely ever necessary anyway. He is, however, smart enough to keep one handy in his office in case someone tries to whack him, as Ray Barboni learns the hard way near the beginning.
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* Narrowly avoided in ''Film/RushHour2''. The script called for Creator/JackieChan to accidentally catch a pistol during a climactic scuffle, only to immediately flip out and throw it away. Jackie pointed out that it was not only internally inconsistent for his character (a cop who previously had no problem using guns), but also ''[[TooDumbToLive extremely stupid]]'' of him to ditch a weapon when surrounded by people trying to kill him.

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* Narrowly avoided in ''Film/RushHour2''. The script called for Creator/JackieChan to accidentally catch a pistol during a climactic scuffle, only to immediately flip out and throw it away. Jackie pointed out that it was not only internally inconsistent for his character (a cop who previously had no problem using guns), but also ''[[TooDumbToLive extremely stupid]]'' of him to ditch a weapon when surrounded by people trying to kill him. In the finished film, Lee's hands are completely taped up so he couldn't use the gun either way.
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** Light and his father both staunchly refuse to accept guns offered to them for their personal safety because they are civilians, and it is illegal in Japan for civilians to carry a firearm. They seem to take a national pride in following this rule.

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** [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami]] and his father both staunchly refuse to accept guns offered to them for their personal safety because they are civilians, and it is illegal in Japan for civilians to carry a firearm. They seem to take a national pride in following this rule.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AngelWars'': [[TheImp Que]] claims that guns make him nervous, though it's entirely possible he was lying about this: the context is that he's handcuffed to an angel who's operating [[AirborneAircraftCarrier The Seven's]] ventral gun turret, and his claim ''might'' have been a trick to try to get free. Then again, he never (intentionally) uses a gun on-screen, so there's no real way to tell.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AngelWars'': [[TheImp Que]] claims that guns make him nervous, though it's entirely possible he was lying about this: the context is that he's handcuffed to an angel who's operating [[AirborneAircraftCarrier The Seven's]] ventral gun turret, and his claim ''might'' have been a trick to try to get free. Then again, he never (intentionally) uses a gun on-screen, so there's no real way to tell.
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* ''Fanfic/AIsA'' shows Gen. Hammond ordering that all members of the Multiversal Task Force learn how to use firearms in case of an emergency. Korra, for her part, feels that a firearm is too easy to use in comparison to the time it takes to master bending the elements.

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* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'':
** Caster class Servant Anastasia understandably has no love for firearms after she and her family were executed by firing squad, though this hatred extends to "cruel soldiers" in general.

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''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': Caster class Servant Anastasia understandably has no love for firearms after she and her family were executed by firing squad, though this hatred extends to "cruel soldiers" in general.
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* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': In the anime, [[Characters/YuGiOhSetoKaiba Seto Kaiba]] seems to have this, tossing away a handgun after disarming its wielder. Manga Kaiba was more of a CombatPragmatist.
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* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'': While [[Characters/DexterDexterMorgan Dexter Morgan]] knows how to use guns, he prefers to kill with knives, since they leave less evidence behind.
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** Shenhua doesn't use guns. Not that she has any personal opposition to killing--she's just [[KnifeNut more fond of knives]].

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** Shenhua doesn't use guns. Not that she has any personal opposition to killing--she's just [[KnifeNut more fond of knives]].knives.

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