Lets see, a crossbow has a stock like a gun, a trigger like a gun,a safety like a gun some have scopes like a gun, but most of all it's always loaded and cocked like a gun! In Pa we have a million hunters and around 350,000 bowhunters. The concern here is that thousands will flock to the easy to shoot crossbow. Thats fine, so long as it has its' own season and is regulated as such. The 350,000 bowhunters in this state shouldn't have to worry about their present season being shortened because a totally different weapon raises the kill rate!

BTW, every traditional archer I know is even more rabidly anti crossbow than I could ever be. Also, a statewide survey here said that 80+% of PA hunters are against the legalizing the crossbow in archery season.