| rdfs:comment | - There are lots of reasons that some people hate guns, but in the real world, these are most often linked to hating the thing that people with guns can easily do, which is turning living people into non-living people. But in fiction, the gun-hater's reasons are often different. He just specifically dislikes guns. He has no problem whatsoever with other, less efficient means of turning living people into non-living people. Sometimes brought on by Executive Meddling or by the Media Watchdogs stooping over the cartoons, and may forego replacing guns by removing them altogether.
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| abstract | - There are lots of reasons that some people hate guns, but in the real world, these are most often linked to hating the thing that people with guns can easily do, which is turning living people into non-living people. But in fiction, the gun-hater's reasons are often different. He just specifically dislikes guns. He has no problem whatsoever with other, less efficient means of turning living people into non-living people. Sometimes there's a specific reason that their distaste is limited to the gun, such as a particular incident from his past or a sense that guns are "unsportsmanlike". Some characters will even take a Heroic Vow against the use of guns. But most of the time, there's just a Writer on Board who wants to show that the character is moral enough to hate guns as overt tools of violence without actually dealing with the fact that this is the kind of show where a lot of violence has to be unloaded on people. Often it's to reduce gun-violence in media, as well as to portray An Aesop by anti-gun writers. While other forms of lethal violence is still lethal in media, it translates less literally to real life (since it's less probable) while being more action-oriented (compared to "BANG-- ooh, ya got me!"). Most superpowered beings don't use guns, because frankly they don't need them. Why use a gun when you have energy blasts or the ability to wield melee weapons at hypersonic speeds? This can also be an excuse for the hero to MacGyver up some Bamboo Technology rather than just shooting the bad guy. Remember, MacGyver himself may normally refuse to use guns, but even he's not above above firing a steering wheel knob out of a cannon, as long as he converted the cannon out of a car muffler with his own hands. Common in the Blood Knight, who will often think guns make things over too quickly. See Technical Pacifist as well, where, even if a Technical Pacifist still beats the crap out of people on a heartbeat, he will generally not use a gun. Sometimes brought on by Executive Meddling or by the Media Watchdogs stooping over the cartoons, and may forego replacing guns by removing them altogether. Con Men Hate Guns is a specific subtrope. The opposite trope to the Gun Nut. Examples of Doesn't Like Guns include:
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