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It’s rather complicated. In the “in-between” times, firearms were considered a coward’s weapon, making the user a “sniper” and thus less honorable than those who used more traditional arms. This faded with time however, as most ideas do.
Yeah, because the people that thought that way got fucking shot.
"what're you going to do, coward? shoot me?"
Also because they became more accurate and more skill dependent. Early guns were just RNG. That's why muskets were most useful fired in barrages.
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The Pope tried banning crossbows
In latin languages it's even called "besta" to indicate it's from the beast (Satan)