Hey, Sir Aiden, no need to take it as a defeat, just a chance to learn. Trust me, when I was your age (good God, I'm an 18 year old using that phrase!
) I was always learning, often or not through my own misconceptions. I myself gained my love of firearms from starting with bows and crossbows, look into them sometime!
Trust me, I know bows are pretty freaking awesome. That's one of the reasons I shoot
There is a certain ability, that of instinct aiming, that you really only get through shooting a bow. If you like them, keep at it. Also they would be good for anything involving stealth. A silencer is nothing more than a misnomer (exactly why the chic word to use is suppressor).
I'm not saying at all that bows and blades would be useless, just that in my opinion, guns will still be the predominant weapon.