It's both. A crossbow is a modified version of the simple bow. It is also classified as a firearm because it fires a projectile (the arrow or bolt).
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Crossbow is not legal for most people, but is legal for people who have certain disabillites. So the answer is Crossbow
No, it is not.
That would be a compund bow
No. A crossbow is more like a bow mounted onto a stock with a trigger for firing. The stock is the only similarity to an actual rifle. Even the largest variation of a crossbow, the ballista, doesn't have any form of recoil. The force of the release of the string is apparent but negligible even in a large ballista.I am an historic re-enactor and have used both crossbow and ballista.
80 pounds is a very low draw weight for a crossbow and a very high draw weight for a standard bow