Jason_W
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At least here in New England, the crossbow seems to be a hated weapon. In Vermont, crossbows are prohibited completely unless you are deemed by a reputable physician as being incapable of drawing a standard bow. You can't even use one during the general firearms season.
Since moving to Maine, I've learned that you can use a crossbow, but only during the general firearms season and only with the purchase of an additional permit.
I can understand not allowing crossbows during the standard archery season (though that would be a little easier to swallow if people were still only using wooden recurve and long bows and not high-tech compounds). Still, that's not a battle I would ever bother to fight.
However, it makes no sense whatsoever that during the muzzleloader season, I can use a scoped, modern weapon made of the best stainless steel and composites that fires an engineered, jacketed, projectile upwards of 2000 f/s at the muzzle, but a crossbow is a no-go. Is there an argument against them I'm not considering?
Since moving to Maine, I've learned that you can use a crossbow, but only during the general firearms season and only with the purchase of an additional permit.
I can understand not allowing crossbows during the standard archery season (though that would be a little easier to swallow if people were still only using wooden recurve and long bows and not high-tech compounds). Still, that's not a battle I would ever bother to fight.
However, it makes no sense whatsoever that during the muzzleloader season, I can use a scoped, modern weapon made of the best stainless steel and composites that fires an engineered, jacketed, projectile upwards of 2000 f/s at the muzzle, but a crossbow is a no-go. Is there an argument against them I'm not considering?