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    15 days ago

    Maybe because:

    1. They would most probably be carrying the handy sidearm instead of the large battlefield weapon, when in city walls, where civilians would be seeing them most.
    2. Firearms of that time were shit compared to today’s ones, making then hard to portray as cool to normal people. Also, body movements are not as showy, with firearms, as compared to bows/swords/spears.