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2. Laws on crossbows - Wikipedia

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   In the Netherlands crossbows are regulated by the "wet wapens en munitie" (law on weapons and ammunition). Crossbows and crossbow bolts are placed in category 4, along with bows, swords, spears, etc. It is legal to possess weapons from this category providing that the individual is over 18. It is not allowed to carry those weapons in public.

3. Crossbow bolt - Wikipedia

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   An unusually small crossbow bolt with a tapered "waist" shaft section and rear skirt compared to a 1 euro cent coin A bolt or quarrel is a dart -like projectile used by crossbows . [ 1 ] The word quarrel is from the Old French quarrel (> French carreau ) "square thing", [ 2 ] specialized use as quarrel d'arcbaleste (> carreau d'arbalète ...

4. Crossbow - Wikipedia

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   21st-century hunting compound crossbow. A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels.

5. Archery - Wikipedia

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   Arrows can spread or concentrate force, depending on the application. Practice arrows, for instance, have a blunt tip that spreads the force over a wider area to reduce the risk of injury or limit penetration. Arrows designed to pierce armor in the Middle Ages used a very narrow and sharp tip ("bodkinhead") to concentrate the force.

6. Slurbow - Wikipedia

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   References from the time, including 'Slurbows and their arrows', 'Slurbow bolts', and 'fire arrows for slurbows', appear in many ledgers for weapon stores in castles. The records make clear that slurbows fired bolts and arrows like the crossbows they were based on. Most of the bolts designed for the slurbow had no feathers on the shaft that ...

7. Michigan man pleads guilty to plotting mass shooting against ...

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   A Michigan man pleaded guilty to plotting a mass shooting targeting gay people, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Mack Davis, 22, of Owosso, admitted to federal investigators Tuesday that he ...