bow and arrow

[houghy]

is it still illegal to shoot a scots man with a bow and arrow in york citiy

[DotH]

well i would but I guess I'd miss. unless he stood still long enough and didn't hear me approaching cos he was looking the other way, and quite big.

i think stuff like that was sorted and repealed.

[shaneystar2]

No it is not illegal..it is legal
Only in York could it be legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow should one be spotted on the city walls after dark.
Excluding Sundays of course !
http://www.mundayweb.com/weirdlaws.php

[Lou Knee]

legal or not.........sounds like a plan to me

[Simeon]

After dark it would be quite easy to mistake a Burberry baseball cap for a tartan tam 'o' shanter. Lets go chav hunting!

[EuanC]

Whereas in Scotland it is still legal to shoot a Yorkshireman with anything you want !!

[Tatty Rollox]

.... and here is the Flying Scotsman ...

[Birt]

Ive heard that in Hereford the same rule applies to welshman

[BrainMonkeys]

Same in Chester too. Many of the old border towns have old byelaws that have never been repealed for some unknown reason. Mark Thomas did a programme on the daft laws of the land once. One of the stunts he made involved a flock of sheep across London Bridge; I forget the details.

And did you know that there's some law that states hackneys have to have a bale of hay in the back? It's a throwback to when hackneys were simply carts, but nobody bothered to change the rules!

[kepla]

Legal or ILLegal to shoot them ? Actaully, I thoguht it was mandatory ! I wonder if this applies to a crossbow too -my favourite weapon. Silent (unlike a gun) and somewhat more convenient than a longbow. Pretty accurate over a medium range, too.

[jenstar]

"And did you know that there's some law that states hackneys have to have a bale of hay in the back? It's a throwback to when hackneys were simply carts, but nobody bothered to change the rules!"

Not anymore - the law was repealed back in the 1970s.

[galltin]

i love lou knee's answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!