There's actually a brony club at my school that a senior started last year. When she graduated, she put me in charge of it, so that's pretty cool. I'm also part of my school's sci-if fantasy club, which can be summed up by our nickname, "Nerd Club".
I call the lady who gave birth to me "mom". My dad is Mexican and doesn't speak English, so when I visit I call him "papa" (there would be an accent over that second A cuz it's Spanish.)
If lances/spears are canon, It's a reasonable assumption that swords and other melee weapons can exist. Also, Pinkie used Twilight like a gun in the season 2 finale, so maybe the Equestrian military uses stuff like that.