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More Info On Crossbow Pistol:

A crossbow is a modified bow and arrow system. The bow sits sideways on a frame and the limbs can be pulled back mechanically by a trigger. Because of its riffle like body, the shooter can carefully aim short arrows. This type of bow is extremely accurate because it can be held in its loaded position longer than other types of bows. In addition, the bow is capable of traveling extremely long distances. It is said that the bow has a range of 380 yards. They are also perfect for those who aren't strong enough to efficiently pull back other bows.

The origins of the crossbow can be traced back to 600 BC in ancient China. Although 600 BC is said to be the time these bows were invented, there are remains said to be from 5th centaury China. The ancient Chinese people used crossbows against each other in times of warfare. During the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the bow was used as a weapon and toy. During the Han dynasty, the bow became the main weapon used in battle. The ancient Chinese utilized the bows during infantry and cavalry engagements. It was during this time the repeating cross bow was also developed.

The crossbow was also used during the Middle Ages. William the Conqueror brought use of the weapon back to England in 1066. Back then the bow had a wooden stock that was coated with glue or garnish. Wood, iron or steel constructed the 2 or 3 foot bow. The strings were made of hemp and soaked in glue to protect against moisture. The string was drawn back by pulling a level or winding a crank. Little skill or training was required to use the weapon. Because an untrained man could easily take the life of a knife in plated armor, the bow became regarded as an inhumane weapon. Despite this, it was widely used during battle. Because of constant invasions from foreigners, leaders happily handed their citizens crossbows. The bow was deadly and could be used by the young, elderly, and weak to defend themselves and their country.

Today, it is rare to see a crossbow used in warfare. Although the bow is powerful, possesses a long range, and requires little training, armies have opted for more powerful killing machines. Sniper rifles and other types of guns can kill greater amounts of people at a faster rate. Despite this, the crossbow is still around. Instead of killing others, people are now using the bow to hunt animals.

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Pirate Vikings and Knights II

A Captain and his loyal parrot.

Pirates, Vikings and Knights II is a Half-life 2 mod based off of the original Half-life mod. It is based around, you guessed it, pirates, vikings and knights. A large part of the game is sword combat and this is what originally caught my attention. Originaly wrote for http://SheerGamer.com

While I can’t say I’ve played the original mod, I can say I have played PVK2 on and off for nearly 2 years. The game today features 6 classes, 2 per team, showcasing various arsenals of weaponry you’d expect to find on their historic counterparts. Yes, there may not have been a time in history when these three went at it head to head but we can look the other way on this minor detail.

The highlight of the game is undoubtedly the melee combat system. While easy to learn, close quarters combat is certainly difficult to master. While it is possible to block any sword attack so long as you have a shield or sword, not everyone can “perfect parry” an attack. Perfect parrying in the game involves blocking an opponents attack while moving in the opposite direction your opponent was moving when beginning their attack. Successfully pulling off a pp, as it’s often called, requires a keen sense of awareness. It’s one thing to get one here and there, it’s another to do so at will. There is a catch of course, you must have as many hands or more on your weapon as the attacker to stun and quickly counter-attack. Perfect parring, or simply parrying in the wrong direction, still serves a purpose by reducing either larger or slightly the amount of damage you take respectively.

Chasing down an archer

This is where things get real interesting, the pirates do not carry any two handed weapons and resort to alternative tactics. This comes in the form of harassment and annoyance. The skirmishers carry both a pistol and an explosive keg, captains a shotgun and parrot. While this may sound fun, the skirmishers near uncatchable speed make them the easiest and often best class in the game, situation permitting.

Viking berserker’s wield either dual hatchets or a single large axe. Their counterparts, the huscarl bring with them a sword and shield combination, a very similar large axe, and throwing hatchets. While throwing axes deal the most damage of the fast-fire primary ranged weapons they are also the most limited, a max of 8 with a spawn of 5. They are also harder to aim due to the slower velocity then other ranged weapons. Overall the vikings bring exactly what you’d expect from vikings, powerful and simplistic weaponry and the highest pain tolerance in the game.

The heavily armored knight

Knights naturally have the heavily armored knight with a large European sword. The highest dealing weapon in the game is limited only by is painfully slow attack speed. Of course a knight couldn’t be considered a knight without a shield, it is used in conjunction with a small sword dealing very little damage. The other class in the castle dwellers is the standard archer. Equipped with a crossbow, long bow and small sword they are able to pick up kills from a far relatively easily.

Unfortunately of the different game modes, all tend to resort to a glorified team death match. There is very little incentive to win, outside of bragging rights for the 5 seconds at the end of the round. This causes a few problems, most of which is you often waste your time trying to achieve an objective only to find out nobody really cares. Another problem the death match feel brings to the entire game is you’ll constantly be chased around by a pirate taking pot shots at you with their pistol and simply running when confronted only to return moments later. While there are situations and maps that make this difficult, overall a skilled pirate can easily wreck havoc on players.

Perhaps the most disappointing part of the game play is exactly what makes it sound so appealing at first, the variety. For some reason a large amount of knight players feel the need to play an archer, which would almost be fine except the majority of players can’t hit anything more often then on occasion. Which again, is fine unless your trying to win an objective playing as the lacking and essential heavy knight. Don’t get me wrong, there are a few good archers and they do help tremendously but overall they are nothing but an annoyance that forces other players to waste time chasing them or are simply ignored.

Pirates, with their pistols and parrots and lack of equally strong close combat weapons, also spend most of their time running. In this cat and mouse game, the lone knight and vikings play the unfortunate role of cat. If you happen to be playing one of these three classes, you will find yourself wishing the skirmisher would turn around and fight or the archer would forget the exact location of, the all too numerous, food supplies while pitifully trying to hit you.

The official mod maps have been done very well and fit in with the theme perfectly, it is obvious a lot of attention to detail is put into this mod. This can be seen all over the place from sudden death destruction to the, oddly small, yet perfectly nestled castle.

Sudden death in the team death match mode on this map causes bird to attack players and lava to rise up.

I often find myself wishing there was a little more depth to the arcade style combat. Something as simple as a leg hit slowing movement for several seconds, a war cry temporarily disorienting opponents with fear or a stamina system. I can’t complain too much though, after all it is a mod and nobody is making it rich from this title. I can respect that and the unique little game they have crafted and look forward to future releases, which judging from the official website should improve on some of these issues. If some of the fundamental annoyances of the game could be solved the player base would surely remain strong months after new releases, not slowly decline into a mediocre amount of players consisting mostly of new folks trying it out for the first time.

In closing I’d like to say that perhaps my time with the game has made me a little more critical then the average first timer. Regardless of this, the game is a lot of fun and should be experienced by any sheer gamer! It’s free, what do you have to lose?

7.5/10

For download information and everything else you could possibly want to know about the game visit http://www.pvkii.com.

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Washington State Pistol Crossbow Laws?

What are the laws regarding possession of a pistol crossbow in the state of Washington?

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Washington is one of the original "shall issue" states. The county sheriff or city police chief shall issue a concealed pistol license to any applicant, age 21 or older, who meets certain requirements, including no felony convictions, no misdemeanor domestic violence convictions, and no outstanding warrants.[262][263] Open carrying of firearms is not prohibited by law although trouble with some law enforcement agencies has been encountered while open carrying in the past, most notably in a case in Ellensburg, Washington.[264]

Currently, there is a growing movement towards open carry in Washington. In Washington, there was a tremendous amount of disinformation among law enforcement officers, gun store employees, and firearms instructors about RCW 9.41.270.

In December 2005, activists Lonnie Wilson and Jim March went to the state archives in Olympia to research the origins of the law. March, with his experience in researching gun control laws created out of racial discrimination and strife in California, surmised during a conversation between himself and Wilson that due to the year it was passed, it was likely due to "Panther paranoia". March was proven correct.

The law, passed in 1969, was passed in response to incidents involving the Seattle Chapter of Black Panther Party at Rainier Beach High School and the Protest of the Mulford Act by the main organization in the California Assembly.

Due to the fact that Washington State Constitution contains an individual right-to-keep-and-bear-arms provision (Article 1, Section 24), the Washington Legislature revised the bill that was debated to remove the "within 500 feet [152 m] of a public place" provisions and left the current statute as is. There were points of debate about whether this could be interpreted as an open-carry ban, to which the sponsors of the bill replied that it was a ban against the type of intimidation that the Black Panther Party engaged in at Rainier Beach and the California Assembly, not an open-carry ban.

Many law enforcement personnel, a generation removed from the events and discussions of the Legislature when the law was created and without much guidance, interpreted the law passed as an open-carry ban that is situational to someone making a 911 phone call. This interpretation spread to gun store employees and firearms instructors, who have a lot of personal interaction with law enforcement.

Using the information from the state archives, Wilson pursued the issuance of guidance and memorandums to individual officers by police administrators. After one of these bulletins was issued by one department, Wilson acquired the bulletin by a public-records request, used the training bulletin as a template, and approached most police departments throughout the state. To this day, over a dozen major departments, including the King County Sheriff's Department and the Seattle Police Department, have issued advisories and roll call training to their officers that peaceable open carry of a handgun in a holster is legal.

As a general rule, a person may legally open-carry in Washington State in any place it is legal to possess a loaded handgun. To open-carry in a vehicle (i.e., car, bus, etc...) a person must have a valid concealed pistol license. Some police agencies can be unfriendly towards open-carry, so it is important that before a person exercises their right to bear arms in this fashion they acquaint themselves with relevant laws.

Prohibited areas for firearms are contained in RCW 9.41.300, RCW 9.41.280, and RCW 70.108.150.

Per RCW 9.41.290 (state preemption of firearm laws), divisions of local government (city, county, town, or other municipality) cannot regulate firearms more restrictively than the state does. Exceptions to state preemption — that is, areas in which local governments are allowed to regulate firearms — are contained in RCW 9.41.300. These exceptions include:

"Restricting the discharge of firearms in any portion of their respective jurisdictions where there is a reasonable likelihood that humans, domestic animals, or property will be jeopardized. Such laws and ordinances shall not abridge the right of the individual guaranteed by Article I, section 24 of the state Constitution to bear arms in defense of self or others."
"Restricting the possession of firearms in any stadium or convention center, operated by a city, town, county, except that such restrictions shall not apply to [concealed pistol license holders, law enforcement officers, or any] showing, demonstration, or lecture involving the exhibition of firearms."
"Restricting the areas in their respective jurisdictions in which firearms may be sold."
Several localities (including transit agencies) who had wrongfully enforced preempted local ordinances and rules have been challenged by activists in the open-carry movement (who are most directly affected by the enforcement of such ordinances) and have since backed down from enforceme

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