Archery law has its advantages. In my time, the by-laws of St Andrews Uni allowed for 'the practice of sport at anytime of day or night but not on the Sabbath' (I paraphrase), this being regarded as practising archery for the defence of the town. Our Hall exploited it by playing rugby, a 30 man game, in the middle of the (wide) street which was on Uni property...... don't know if the law has been changed.......
Anyway, carrying and using a steel-tipped arrow with folk around you is like giving Alec Baldwin a loaded pistol - what the armourer was thinking, who knows?