[ WP ] Guns have been outlawed Worldwide because they are viewed as a cowardice form of war . Only short range weapons ( Swords , arrows , spears , etc ) are legal for countries to possess .

`` An arrow ban?'' 
 
 Wei shrugged and sipped his tea. 
 
 `` They already outlawed crossbows. Why not an arrow ban too? The whole point of it is that killing is supposed to be personal. *Honorable. *'' Wei stretched out the last word in his best samurai-movie voice. I rolled my eyes. 
 
 `` This is what happens when nerds get too much power. The technology age rolled in, we admired them all for their great intellect and mastery of science and we, as a race said to ourselves'maybe they could solve all of our problems!' and this is what we end up with. Some misguided idea that killing at close range is somehow better than killing from afar.'' 
 
 `` You have to admit, it would be less traumatizing.'' 
 
 I furrowed my brows and circled a clump of rice through the lake of egg yolk still on my plate. 
 
 `` You trained in something, right? Karate?'' 
 
 Wei shook his head. `` Wing Chun. Wing Chun girls are always the hottest.'' 
 
 `` What did they teach you about how a fight is won?'' 
 
 `` Hell if I know man, a lot of shit about breath and focus and knowing the opponent's *chi*.'' Again he used his samurai movie voice, this time wiggling his fingers in the air. 
 
 `` Yeah, sure. This is what it comes down to: a fight is determined in the first five seconds. Whoever is faster, stronger, or catches the other guy by surprise, that's the one that wins. They think it's more honorable to run a man through the belly with a sword? It's not any harder than pulling a trigger; put the sharp end in the other guy.'' 
 
 Wei had stopped talking and I could tell he had regretted bringing it up, but he kept at his tea and checking his phone. 
 
 `` The only thing a ban like this did is make soldiers more monstrous than before. Sure, click a trigger, hot metal flies through the chest of a man and he stops breathing. It's easy, but because it's easy it takes no thought. You do n't have to watch his guts slide all of your hands, and then remember the hot slickness on your skin the next time you have to do it. Stabbing your first man is easy. Stabbing your second man is hard.'' 
 
 The restaurant's din took over the silence between us. I ate my rice. 
 
 `` You need to get out of that fucking army,'' Wei said over his tea. 
 
 `` Tell me about it.''
