Taking the guns out of Lara’s hand is a big step for the Tomb Raider franchise as a whole.
That said, in the process of translating that grounded and gritty Lara Croft to the silver screen, everyone involved in the 2018 movie ultimately decided that there were more realistic and exciting ways to turn her into a weapon without her pulling a trigger.
The original Angelina Jolie-led Tomb Raider films leaned heavily into the gunplay to stage many of their action sequences, and the 2013 reboot game even allowed Lara to eventually get her hands on firearms in the later levels of the story.