Why the hell are crossbows legal in the UK?
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Soldato
so my 15 year old self could have just walked into the offy without the dodgy ID all them years ago.....ffs if only i had known.
In fairness you wouldn't have needed an ID, if you had a crossbowso my 15 year old self could have just walked into the offy without the dodgy ID all them years ago.....ffs if only i had known.
Soldato
You should really do your research if you are going to spit your dummy out. Any air rifle over 12 ft lbs is classed as a firearm so no you don’t have a 200 ft lb air rifle that you bought with no ID or licence.
Back in the day it was cutting edge stuff to have a projectile weapon the size of a guitar that an untrained peasant could use.
Projectile weapons for untrained peasants have moved on a bit though.
I'm not far from where that happened. They've got four locals for it and their trial starts in January.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/man-accused-anglesey-pensioner-crossbow-16869265
You tend to get less "clean" kills with arrows unless you hit the right spot, which is why bow hunting is illigal in most places.
Also unlike bullets, arrows will stick in bone. An arrow from a compound bow is capable of passing right through someone and keep going
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Which is funny since by sheer power they are more than capable (and have been for thousands of years).
Best not to make too much fuss about it or someone will get round to butchering the bow market by forcing licencing.
I'd say the only reason they get under the radar is how garbage they are for serious criminal activity so there actually isn't a meaningful link between bows and violence (in this age anyway).
Best not to make too much fuss about it or someone will get round to butchering the bow market by forcing licencing.
I'd say the only reason they get under the radar is how garbage they are for serious criminal activity so there actually isn't a meaningful link between bows and violence (in this age anyway).
Soldato
I have armour piercing bodkin heads on my arrows, just in case (zombies etc) and it is much easier to string the bow kept above my bed than get the musket out of its box.
I'd love a crossbow.
Soldato
Always wondered this myself. You can even get tips for the arrows that are like 4 stanley knife blades . I very much doubt someone would survive getting hit with one of them tips from a powerful crossbow.
All it'll take is one incident that gets a lot of news coverage and these will be banned.
. I very much doubt someone would survive getting hit with one of them tips from a powerful crossbow. All it'll take is one incident that gets a lot of news coverage and these will be banned.
I think that's because they're cool.
But considering the rise on knife crimes, and the lack of serious punishment for the offenders, owning a crossbow isn't a bad idea.
Just hope it don't become the advice when the next person asks help with a neighbour or a cat crapping his garden, serious.
But considering the rise on knife crimes, and the lack of serious punishment for the offenders, owning a crossbow isn't a bad idea.
Just hope it don't become the advice when the next person asks help with a neighbour or a cat crapping his garden, serious.
Just hope it don't become the advice when the next person asks help with a neighbour or a cat crapping his garden, serious.
Sod the crossbow, in those situations you have to wheel out the ballista
.And this is how MrPotato got arrested for walking around a city centre with an offensive weapon, specifically, a crossbow. An easy task considering you could see him carrying a crossbow from a mile off.
Lets not attempt to go full american by saying that if everyone is armed with lethal force we'll all be safer.