Range, penitration and ease of use are why guns prevail. If arrows where better than bullets, then we wouldn't have seen guns prevail over arrows. Yes, you can reuse an arrow, but a small air rifle can take down small game far easier than an arrow. And as the caliber, and firepower of powder goes up, so does the efficiency.
This is like asking why we don't talk about horses over motor vehicles. Sure, a horse can live off easily renewable resource, but a car can do tons of things that a horse can't.
I would like to have a dirt bike over a horse any day.
My horse and bow vs your machine gun on a dirt bike
And the battleground will be the sunny side of the moon, but the the land rover is off limits.
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