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When a hero carries a handgun, he or she will tend to wield it and sometimes fire it in one hand. Perfect for still photo opportunities where the shooter's arm is bent above and behind their head and the gun is brought down to aim and fire. Even more cool is firing a gun sideways. The exception is if they are military or police officers, where they will use two hands. Unless they've gone rogue and/or are desperate. And sometimes the hero will have a gun in each hand. Or a sword in the other. For really big melee weapons being used in one hand, see One-Handed Zweihander.

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  • When a hero carries a handgun, he or she will tend to wield it and sometimes fire it in one hand. Perfect for still photo opportunities where the shooter's arm is bent above and behind their head and the gun is brought down to aim and fire. Even more cool is firing a gun sideways. The exception is if they are military or police officers, where they will use two hands. Unless they've gone rogue and/or are desperate. And sometimes the hero will have a gun in each hand. Or a sword in the other. For really big melee weapons being used in one hand, see One-Handed Zweihander.
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  • When a hero carries a handgun, he or she will tend to wield it and sometimes fire it in one hand. Perfect for still photo opportunities where the shooter's arm is bent above and behind their head and the gun is brought down to aim and fire. Even more cool is firing a gun sideways. The exception is if they are military or police officers, where they will use two hands. Unless they've gone rogue and/or are desperate. And sometimes the hero will have a gun in each hand. Or a sword in the other. Justified in most westerns, as the single action triggers used at the time made it more popular to fire with one hand and fan the hammer with the other. Although films depicting one-handed use of revolvers will often not show the hammer being fanned at all. There's also a school of thought that says aiming one-handed whilst standing sideways-on to your opponent presents a narrower target and thus makes you harder to hit; whether this makes up for your own increased difficulty in hitting anything is a matter for opinion. For really big melee weapons being used in one hand, see One-Handed Zweihander. Has nothing to do with another one-handed activity. Examples of Firing One-Handed include:
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