Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24464090-20140506004341

It seems to me that guns in the rwbyverse are far less effective than real guns. Enemies were very rarely killed by bullets in the show. Even from a sniper rifle, only close-range headshots did lethal damage. I think their (dust-based?) equivalent to gunpowder is weaker than our powder. This would explain the prevalence of melee weapons. 