Originally Posted by
Kybuckhunter
So now you are a concerned citizen over the xbows safety? I havent looked up the facts yet but I will venture to say that self inflicted xbow deaths are not too rampant. Of course all weopons are dangerous in untrained hands. A potato gun can be lethal in the wrong hands.
Sure, but its just rampant stupidity to go around with a loaded arrow gun with a bolt held at 100-250lbs of tension. Father just freakin walkin around with this. Rampant enough that the kid died just a few miles from my hunting lease. Too rampant for me. I mean how you like following some numbnuts around holding a compound at full draw with a release?? I swear xbowers need horsewhipped if they wonder around with a bolt in and full tension.
Difference is, arrowgun shooters regularly keep thier arrowguns full drawn while hunting, potatao gun shooters doing regularly stand in the way of the tator being lit off. In other words, one is common (stupidity) practice and other is just an accident.