The Internal Revenue Service has never wavered in defining crossbows: They’re archery gear, even though the bow sits upon a gunstock and releases each shot with a safety-equipped trigger.
Bowhunters and other archers, however, will likely never achieve unanimity on crossbows, in use or by definition, even though 27 states currently allow them without caveats during deer and elk archery seasons. At the turn of this century, only three states—Ohio...