Originally Posted by
bigcountry
You are correct, a gun is more than a trigger. Its a stock, trigger, can be scopes, reddots even, can be shot without having to draw it or cycle a bolt right when the animal is present. A gun.
Lets not forget the sonic boom that indicates a bullet is leaving the "gun" at several thousand feet per second, the projectile is designed to create damage in a very different way then an arrowhead.
I have seen vertical bows with triggers, scopes, red-dots and even without having to be drawn in the presence of game. I still don't put them in the same class as a firearm?
However, the term arrow gun is growing on me.