Talk:Royal guards/@comment-89.72.176.152-20111214181550/@comment-83.183.240.185-20120105123536

"OMG a cannon! Bullets! Gunpowder! Wars!" "OMG a hot dog! Looks-like-meat sandwich! Ponies are omnivore!" "OMG We haven't seen Scootaloo's family! She must be an orphan!" "OMG Spike mentions his mother although he has never met her!"

You are over thinking this. The party canon is just a party canon. The bullet/tank phrase is just a saying. Celestia has guards because royalties have guards. We don't see any weapons because diplomacy, magic and hoof-to-hoof combat usually does the trick anyway.