<P> Recent changes to laws in Western Australia to prohibit crossbow ownership require applications to legally possess a crossbow by July 2, 2011 before they became illegal to possess and sporting usage is only legal for people currently participating in the sport at the date of the laws introduction and does not apply to or allow for new participants thereafter . </P> <P> In Bulgaria crossbows are not regulated, but their use for fishing and hunting is explicitly prohibited . </P> <P> In Canada, it is legal to own a crossbow and has a similar designation as an airgun . Weapons of a projectile velocity under 500 FPS may be owned by any person 18 years of age or older . No licence is required to purchase a crossbow . Though older PAL cards say that one is allowed to acquire one, the laws designating them as firearms were struck down before they could be implemented . Crossbows designed to be fired with one hand and crossbows measuring less than 500 mm in length are prohibited . </P> <P> Hunting in Canada is regulated at the provincial level, therefore the legality of crossbow hunting vary from province to province . </P>

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