And if you run out of ammo in one, you can switch to another and keep firing. Perhaps an SMG or assault rifle for general use.

Most players will keep weapons of different types in their slots. Jumping into your inventory to make changes in the middle of a firefight is likely to get a vault hunter killed. While any character can use any weapon type in the Borderlands universe (there are no class restrictions on guns, just abilities) and you can swap weapons at any time in your inventory, being able to equip just two is, frankly, a pain in the arse. When you start Borderlands 3, regardless of which character class you pick, you’ll have just two weapon slots available.

Here’s how you unlock additional weapon slots in Borderlands 3.