Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20151012154515/@comment-26397825-20151023044126

Another point against bows being a comon weapon in RWBY, and therefore better for an assassin: even in the WoR: Vytal Festival video, which covered a war from 80 years ago, not a single bow is shown. In fact, Atlas is explicitely shown weilding a gun; a pistol if I recall correctly.