Obviously your knowledge of Longbows is as weak as your knowledge of firearms McGrath. The Longbow was still more efficient on the battlefield than early firearms, and the Crossbow became the assault rifle of its day (requiring less training to use than the Longbow) both capable of penetrating armour plate (bullet proof vests) Interestingly enough, the Crossbow is considered a firearm in Canada.

The NRA became involved in all aspects of firearm ownership because of the political social engineering attempts, to destroy all shooting sports by people like you. Your statement about the use of handguns without training is however the main focus of why the NRA does its best to provide safety training. Their main function at one time was to encourage enforcement of responsible gun laws, and promote safe training in firearm use. They shifted to political involvement in all aspects of the shooting sports, because of uninformed political activity to ban all use of personal firearms. On that note why dont you stick to music?