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Originally Posted by Red Bullets
Not trying to debate. Just an observation.
Held by muscular power could maybe be interpreted in a court of law as the bow itself being held by muscle power. Not the arm pulling back the string but the arm holding the 'hand held' bow.
And it is odd that crossbows are considered cocked but quick triggers with wrist straps aren't. Today's compounds can be held for a long time 'cocked" with a quick trigger too.
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Why would that be any different then a firearm? I hold up a firearm with "muscle power"
The term "cocked" comes from english roots. English rifles were engraved with pictures of "cocks" for the hammers, so when you readied the firearm you "cocked" it. The French did not want to mimic the english so they engrave dogs on the hammer. The french do not use the term "cock",
they actually used the term "to chien" (dog) a firearm.
So a trad or compound bow is being held in the "cocked" or "chien" position by muscular power where a crossbow or firearm is held in the "cocked" or "chien" position by a mechanical device. That is is the difference.