If the first ten or so shots from your handgun didn't kill it, the next ten really aren't that likely to either. And if you throw the gun at it afterwards? then when the thing finally kills you, it counts as natural selection.
— Horror Survival List, rule number nine.
You ever try just throwing something at a guy with a hostage? Of course not, who the hell does that? But that is exactly why it works every time. So yeah, before he even knew what was happening, there was ten pounds of gun flying right into his face. Chump dropped like a rock, man.
Mook 1: I have more bullets, you know! You gotta stop doing that!
Mook 2: Yeah I know, it just looks so cool!
Mook 1: Well go get it!
Mook 2: ...Fine.
Cassidy: You weren't given those guns to toss 'em around like trash.
Reaper: I don't take lessons from you.
Reaper: I don't take lessons from you.
Every weapon must be thrown once it has exhausted its initial usefulness.
Bayonetta: Now this is cheeky, throwing me these cheap toys!
Rodin: Don't you worry about quality - I've got quantity!