Dang Ruger, you beat me to the draw. That was exactly what I was thinking before I got down to your post. I must have read the same articles you have. They say it works great when you can sit on a side hill and shoot down into a draw or valley below and scare the deer up. I would say that move would most likely be legal in any state. I thought for a few minutes Nice Rack was trying to out do my spear hunting. Ha!