Better than doing it with AK-47s or shotguns, is my vote.
On a straight-up ethnographic weapons note, did any of you notice that we have (apparently) a new type of bow here?
That first picture shows bows with short, stiff staves--perhaps one was originally a chair leg? The spring power comes from the springs (!) attached to the bowstring. Not all the bows have that, and I'll be that's why the arrow embedded in someone's cheek instead of going all the way through. Short bows like they've made probably aren't pulling more than 10-20 pounds, and a 50 pound pull is the legal minimum for hunting deer in the US.
Still, that re-purposing of springs (from a car?) to power a bow is a new one on me.
Very interesting, at least technically.
Best,
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