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Archery is cheap. A hunting bow kit can be had for a few hundred dollars, and arrows are renewable.
They're unwieldly and hard to conceal, though.
A hand crossbow, on the other hand...
At least in Australia, those require a firearms licence, whereas regular bows don't.
And arguably both are unwieldy, you can't quick reload a crossbow.
Is underpowered af