My experience is limited, but I have some. I have shot my uncles crossbow, but never sighted it in or tuned it(can you even tune one?)! My reference to mastering it in minutes is simply based on my experience with one. I picked it up, cocked and loaded it and fired a few rounds.....straight into the bull at 20 yards....about a 2.5" group, nothing special....it was loud and had a bunch of shock! This was all under his supervision as I knew nothing about crossbows at the time. It reminded me of shooting a rifle for the first time....the sequence, the trigger, etc. BTW, he only had a peep and pins on it, so I have no experience with a scope.

You're right, nothing stopping compound shooters from using scopes, red dots, or rangefinders(I'm not sure what the reference to rangefinders has to do with any weapon, but whatever you want). The thing is though that most don't....jump over to the bowhunting forum and ask who uses scopes or redots. For less biased answers just ask what type of sighting system everyone uses.

I don't think we're disagreeing as much as you seem to think. I just don't want my season infiltrated with an orange army that decides they suddenly want to hunt with archers because the weapon is easier to use with less effort. The crossbow has been shown in a bad light as long as I can remember. Archery seasons were fought for by traditionalists, not crossbow hunters or even compound hunters, but the acceptance of 'new' weapon with this much controversy is bound to raise debate.