Early firearms really needs to be rewritten to include a lot more than just historical re-enactment
Early Firearms (STR): Early Firearms is totally new, and enables the use of archaic firearms such as the black powder pistol and the crossbow (the use of which has more in common with firearms than with archery).
First off as I said muzzle loading rifle hunting is allowed in almost every state - and there are a lot of people who do it - and it has no relationship at all with historical re-enactment - its just another way to hunt.
As for the bow - didnt any of the authors ever get the archery badge in the Boy Scouts? Or do bow hunting? There are a ton of people in the US who hunt with bows and crossbows - and again absolutely nothing to do with re-enactments.
Again its not really a career issue - but depending on the country there could be a lot more people who can use bows of all sorts or archaic firearms
Great example is the UK - you can possess a black powder pistol without a license where good luck getting a license for a real one - so the chances of someone with a pistol in the UK being a muzzle loading black powder pistol is pretty high.
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