These weren't encouraged in the city, since the heft and throw of a lo…

Terry Pratchett
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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 instead of the innocent bystander at whom it was aimed. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2008). Guards! Guards!: (Discworld Novel 8), p.71, Random House
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