Charming lad. Still no identification, still personal abuse. Oh well. Still, I'm amused to find you shooting yourself in the foot (I don't much care what with!).

"The longbow was the machine gun of the Middle Ages..."

Exactly. Now since when has machine gun been "...being the equivalent of a personal firearm..."?

Your quote of Ed.III's Act is still grossly out of context, & not relevant to any modern discussion on gun ownership; your remark about crossbows still just as incorrect.

Moderately interesting article, though, thank you for that. I could take issue with some of it (though given that it was written before the Mary Rose was raised, this wouldn't be entirely fair on my part), but I don't think I'll waste my time arguing with *you* about it. Whoever you are.