Okay. D.A. point of view.....

The pic you posted of the Airrow Rimfire setup a little ways back would fit the bill of what you and Rev keep referring to as an "arrowgun". A crossbow is a bow mounted on a stock, and they were around before "guns" were a glimmer in their inventors eyes. Therefore, one could say with legitimacy that a gun is an imitation of a crossbow as a crossbow was the first weapon that was held in that fashion. Ancient crossbow shooters were still called archers in a battle formation. You, Rev or anyone else can preach, chant, rant and rave all you want, but a crossbow is just a horizontal bow affixed to a stock. It is the bow that propels the arrow, and that, in my opinion, is the very core of what defines what archery really is.

I hunt with a longbow, a compound and I have hunted with a crossbow, but I couldn't get rid of it fast enough when I healed after shoulder surgery. They're too clumsy, too loud and not nearly as accurate as their denouncers would have everyone believe. I am far more accurate at closer range and longer range with my Drenalin than I could have hoped to be with the crossbow. It wasn't a P.O.S. crossbow either. It was a Tenpoint Pro-Slider. I can honestly say that in my experience, unless you've practiced with a crossbow, fought with one to sight it in and sat a stand with that boat anchor of a weapon in your hands for hours on end, all of your arguments are void. I have a much bigger advantage with my Drenalin than the crossbow could ever have given me.