This law provided that "All sorts of men under the age of 40 Years shall have bows and arrows" and practice using them.

FORBES: Britain's Archery Mandate

Since then they have had to sharpen up their act and if it is good enough to downgrade European nations that struggle under a debt burden then in a quid pro quo gesture the US has received a shot across the bows, although we are far from a direct hit.

FORBES: To Stay AAA, America Has To Act