Also, I’ve mentioned this before but in Simi Valley a bow and arrow is legally considered a firearm, because reasons.

5-22.01 Firearm defined.
For the purposes of this chapter, “firearm” shall mean and include rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver, bow and arrow, or any air, gas, or spring weapon, or any other device from which any shot, bullet, or projectile is discharged by force of gunpowder, pressure, or other explosive, including any projectile which carries or contains its own fuel and is propelled by reaction.