Guards Guards - Laws

Colon, Nobby and Carrot were also on the roof. Colon was sulking because Vimes had forbidden him to use his bow and arrow.

These weren't encouraged in the city, since the heft and throw of a longbow's arrow could send it through an innocent bystander a hundred yards away rather than the innocent bystander at whom it was aimed.

“That's right,” said Carrot, “the Projectile Weapons (Civic Safety) Act, 1634.”

“Don't you keep on quoting all that sort of stuff,” snapped Colon. “We don't have any of them laws any more! That's all old stuff! It's all more wossname now. Pragmatic.”

“Law or no law,” said Vimes, “I say put it away.”

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Guards Guards - p140-141