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Author: NoirGrimoir

Oct 7th 2011 at 6:14:59 PM

If this trope is indeed made, it should be specified that it counts only in the context of an action-oriented work where one might expect people to be carrying weapons. In a movie where no one is a gun toting badass, if someone suddenly popped up brandishing a gun--like say, in a hospital because until this point we thought we were watching a medical drama--people would freak out, even in the movies. America isn't this country of crazies where everyone caries a gun at all times and the sight of someone with one in public wouldn't be met with trepidation. Yes, a larger portion of the population owns guns than many countries. No, a large portion of the population doesn't go around threatening people with them on a regular basis to the point that people dismiss the image of someone with a gun as intimidating.

That being said, I know a lot of anime where this trope shows up. In an American show, we would expect the local organized crime ring to carry guns. In Anime, if someone from the local organized crime ring, like say, the Yakuza, pulls a gun, it's treated like it's an atomic bomb or something. The guy's own people would flip out over it.