Originally Posted by
mbieniek
"New Jersey is becoming the 14th state to allow crossbows in all its archery seasons, and New York and Pennsylvania are considering it. Only three states do not allow them at all. In at least one state, Massachusetts, it remains illegal to even own a crossbow."
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/n...cc4c03286.html
It doesn't list what other 2 states are illegal to even own one, but I do not believe it is NY.
Sorry, you have some incorrect info. Your link is misinformed, not your fault. Pa just completed or is completing their 1st xbow season, full inclusion.
As for Ma:
Massachusetts
Crossbows for handicap with permit.
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/regul..._abstracts.pdf
To the best of my knowledge, xbows are not illegal in any state, and are allowed for some form of deer hunting in 49 of the 50. Some states have full inclusion w/ archery season, some partial, some only in gun seasons or for handi-capped, ect. It's a rapidly changing confusing quagmire, but again to the best of my knowledge, the only state w/ no provision for disabled is Oregon.
NY is next closest w/ a breath tube trigger only. Got one finger that wiggles in NY, no xbow permit. This made big news a year or so ago when Mark O'Brien, an Iraqui war vet that lost an arm and a leg over there was denied a handi-cap permit in Ny.
Thank NYB for the draconian stuff xbow related in NYS.