Catsclaw: Hi! How ya been gal? Actually, guns have crossbow like characteristics, since the xbow preceeded them by about 1000 years, and the Chinese seem to have invented both. The "anti's" know full well the xbows performance is akin to a compound. It seems to me, most of the resistance to xbows acceptance is in states that are crowded w/ hunters.
Regardless of the reasons given, it all boils down to sharing the woods and the resources. Just my opinion here, but don't think you/we can change an anti's mind, and really don't need to, there is mostly a vocal few of them. It's the folks that sit back and take it all in, make up their own minds that are going to keep this ball rolling. Straight arrows to all!