Officials said the compound bow and arrow is as powerful as a machine gun

[Airburst]

Kaeto

I carry my cutlass concealed under my black trench coat. Nobody notices it until I pull it out to take somebody's head.

When the ladies see the broadsword, I end up taking their virginity.

 

[Remo223]

Bows are impractical for most criminal use because they are big and slow to get into action and require a lot of practice but make no mistake, being run through with a hunting broadhead is about as deadly as being shot. I could see using a bow and arrow as a defensive weapon against a home invader if you could not get a firearm. I know one individual who had a drug conviction in his youth and is prohibited from owning a firearm so he keeps his hunting bow beside the bed. The idea is that if someone kicks down his door he will still have more than enough time to string and draw his bow before the bad guy breaks down the door, makes it up the stairs and down the hall to his darkened bedroom.

He'd be better off with a spear.

 

[Owen Sparks]

Spears are far less accurate if thrown and require you to expose yourself to potential gunfire if used as a pike. An archer can shoot from semi cover and at distiances such as down a hallway or flight of stairs. My friend also had a quiver mounted on the bow so he probably could have got off more than one shot if he was proactive. BTW, he went to court and had his gun rights restored last year and it cost him arond $800 just because he got caught with a little pot when he was 19. That was over 20 years ago!

 

[NG VI]

It wasn't the endish scene in Serenity, was it?
Chris "the Kayak-Man" Johnson

That was a ballista

 

[Remo223]

I thought it had to be a felony to lose your gun rights?

 

[Remo223]

Spears are far less accurate if thrown and require you to expose yourself to potential gunfire if used as a pike. An archer can shoot from semi cover and at distiances such as down a hallway or flight of stairs. My friend also had a quiver mounted on the bow so he probably could have got off more than one shot if he was proactive. BTW, he went to court and had his gun rights restored last year and it cost him arond $800 just because he got caught with a little pot when he was 19. That was over 20 years ago!

I'd be worried about the fist shot being a miss. The intruder would try to close the distance if the first shot missed...actually, he could do that even if the first shot wasn't a miss. Bow and arrow is useless in melee. Spear would be plenty useful in melee.

 

[Owen Sparks]

Isn't posession of more than an ounce of pot a fellony?

 

[Remo223]

no idea. I thought you had to have "intent to deliver" to be a felony. I don't know how they determine that.

 

[NG VI]

A space ballista

 

[NG VI]

I thought it had to be a felony to lose your gun rights?

A felony or anything academic culture wants to put a spotlight on.

 

[Owen Sparks]

no idea. I thought you had to have "intent to deliver" to be a felony. I don't know how they determine that.

May well have been. He did not seem very proud of it so I did not ask any details. I do know that he to hire a lawyer and go to court to get his record expunged so that he could vote and own guns again. Last time that I bought a gun from a dealer I had to fill out a form and one question asked if I used illegal drugs including marajuana. Evidently they think that pot smokers are dangerous.

 

[jbkebert]

I am not sure about a bullet proof vest. However in hunter education classes we take a 5 gallon bucket full of sand. We shoot said bucket of sand with a 30/30 the bullet does not penatrate through yet the bullet stops within the first 4 inches. We dig the bullet out and show the class.

Next we take another bucket of sand and I shoot it with a arrow with a fixed blade broadhead. Not only does the arrow travel completly through the bucket it buried into a 6x6 post 5 yards past. Buried so deeply that two or three guys tried to pull the arrow but pulled the insert out instead. I glue my inserts with 2 ton expoy.

Out of the last 20 animals or so I have taken with a bow. Deer, Hogs, 1 Elk. Every one including the elk was a complete pass through. Those puny little sticks a strings are alot more lethal than they get credit for.

 

[Fleet]

Such a remark is just plain and simple, ignorant! There is no doubt a compund bow does produce lethal capability, but a broad statement such as that is unsupported, lacking any factual element. A baseball bat is potentially lethal too, but can't be compared to a firearm.

Yeah, but the press specializes in this sort of thing.

 

[hiker44]

Officials of what? Krispy Kreme?