I'm not, nor have I ever been a crossbow fan. I've bowhunted for years, but in all fairness, cannot provide any negatives regarding their deployment in archery season.

After reading a fist full of these posts, I have made the following determination;

Datamax is certainly no junior operator... archery & other matters alike.

Even tho I do not know him, I do believe that many have missed what he originally presented.

What's truly sad is reading archery hunter(s) ramble about their own proclamations - defending definitions like 3rd graders in the principals office. Suggestion: read his post once more and stop reading into what he asked for.

Define Crossbows = firearm status? Aren't one of you PA boys LE? Perhaps that's a loaded question, in that we're not looking for the criminal rating of an implement as a weapon capable of serious bodily injury or death. We're talking of archery tackle and not firearms by definition.

All these panties are in a bunch for what reason? Take it outside. He made a valid inquiry, not a flame. It's that simple.