You mock but that's what Action for Children's Television essentially did, ban guns from cartoons (or at least basic pistols and rifles). I seem to recall reading that the people working on the Planet of the Apes cartoon in the 70s got around it by creating some kind of super future rifle/cannon.
This one looks "advanced"
This one looks traditional
44 posted on 03/04/2018 6:30:06 AM PST by a fool in paradise
(Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)