Are guns unnecessary for superheroes?

 Americans very much like guns (they also love fps), I wonder if america's symbolically heroes don't have guns.

I'm pretty sure Captain America has used guns frequently. He was a soldier after all.

Captain America can throw the shield and it magnetises back to him. Guns aren't usually seen as heroic devices, at least not for the more orthodox superheroes. It's usually the anti-heroes like Punisher, Deadpool, Deadshot, Red Hood etc. that will feature them.

I knew the Punisher in a Capcom game.

yep, surely they're like antiheroes.

Thats why we call it fiction.

Actually, as a coincidence, I just started watching 'The Boys' for the first time. If you wanted to see a more literal and unidealised view of what superheroes would be like in a modern America, it's probably worth a watch. Still no guns so far though.

The idea is that you don't need guns if you're pure-hearted and heroic.

And not a pussy.  Although wearing spandex makes me think otherwise.

It would be more interesting if a superhero had a supergun.

It doesn't matter much, but I was disappointed that the Halo's Master Chief had the same gun as the common soldier's.