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[General] In settings where bows, melee weapons and firearms are all commonly used, for what practical reason do people use other weapons than firearms?

Mostly asking so I can get ideas to justify it in my own setting.

Common reasons I've seen were that arrows are easy to make and can be picked back up, or that a bow is more silent, but honestly, the archers I've seen in fiction rarely were very stealthy or even ever gathered their arrows. There's also the tradition and racial culture reasons, but fuck that.

BONUS QUESTION : is there a modern setting where these weapons replace guns entirely?
gpt
Bows have higher range, accuracy, and firing rate than early guns. They're much harder to learn to use, but if you already can use one it's better to keep it around. And if it's a setting where people routinely carry swords bigger than they are, then they could easily use longbows.