The crossbow is simply an arrow launching device, there's no acceptable, logical reason for it to not be available for all to use if they choose to. I don't have pain issues, I just love shooting them. My state allows them for all game except for whitetail deer during our early archery period due to prejudice and organized discrimination on the part of he misinformed, though you can use them for deer during our late archery period for antlerless only. We had to fight for years just to get that little crumb due to the heavy backdoor politics and misinformation fed to our DNR by the "my way or the highway" crowd.