ORIGINAL: usa

Regarding your opinion that you could see no reason for an archer to carry a long gun with him I offer the following , limiting what you can carry to defend yourself open's up another can of worm's. How about the guy who doesn't own a sidearm and doesn't mind the extra weight of a long gun, why should he have to find an appropriate regulated weapon to feel secure in the wood's. I've seen hunter's in the woods with knives a foot long that to me seemed foolish but to each his own, most archers seem to feel secure in the woods almost to the point of for lack ofa better term (becoming one with the forest) but there's plenty of the nervous kind also, so I say let them carry whatever they're comfortable with and hope that it works out for them. I imagine that this law was created to lessen the states liability regarding bear and wolf attacks because of their inability to regulate either specie's. Besides after todays massacre in Va carrying a handgun anywhere might be in jeopardy !