Dislike guns

The Cubs found the soldiers massed in a large field. They were fighting
hand to hand. Most were armed with swords or knives, which the vampires
preferred. They disliked guns for a number of reasons, firstly because the
clan frowned on the use of them—guns were the choice of cowards. There
was also the fact that guns could be turned against the Cubs. Vampires were
tougher than humans and much harder to kill, but a well-placed bullet could
account for even the best of them. It was an embarrassing way to die, your
brains blown out from a distance.

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The Saga of Larten Crepsley: Ocean of Blood, Chapter 4