Talk:Weapon/@comment-174.45.133.20-20150117052003/@comment-24891101-20150117052725

You can't say they don't have documentation. They presumably do. They're Hunter cadets, after all. It's literally a job requirement. And there may be tradition that they are rarely to go unarmed. Plus, given the apparent involvement of Hunters in the legal system, there's plausible reason to carry them.

And the survival culture of Remnant means that weapons are much more necessary tools. Certainly outside the walls, anyone without a weapon will die. The reason modern, civilized countries frown upon the open carry of weapons is that there is no plausible need to have one to hand within civilization. While similar is true in the kingdoms, where there are no Grimm to speak of for scores of miles, the cultural aspect remains, given that for a long time, humans were at the mercy of the Grimm, and are still struggling against them.