Also, learning to use a crossbow is far easier than learning to use a hand bow. If firearms are to be magicked off the planet somehow these would be the replace

Also, learning to use a crossbow is far easier than learning to use a hand bow. If firearms are to be magicked off the planet somehow these would be the replacement for those who do not care to train for months to years to learn how to use bows. A modern composite crossbow with a rifle stock and trigger is as easily learned as a rifle. What it lacks is the firing speed of a semi-automatic so they're not suitable for the type of shooting spree which reaches the news all too often but kill they will, if at a slower rate.