The controversial Republican Lauren Boebert is known for wanting more liberal gun laws.
She believes that the bow act proves that it is not weapons but people who kill people.
"Norway has very strict gun laws, mass murder still occurs," Boebert wrote on Twitter.
Opponents of arms respond that even more would have died if the bowman had had a firearm.
Many also object to pro-arms debaters using the recent act to present their arguments.
- I am very surprised that the act has reached the United States and provoked a debate, but I am not surprised that both sides take the tragedy and shape it to suit their arguments, says American Jonathan Rollins who lives in Sweden.
Polarized opinions
There are approximately 400 million privately owned weapons in the United States.
The number of weapons is thus more than the number of inhabitants.
The arms debate is both large and ongoing in the country.
According to Swedish Radio's US commentator Ginna Lindberg, opinions on the issue are very polarized.
Jonathan Rollins agrees.
- The debate is fruitless and very outdated.
The involvement of the arms lobby means that no real changes will ever take place, says Jonathan Rollins.
He believes that politicians are afraid to make changes to the law as it risks alienating large sections of the population.
Jonathan Rollins says that the American Constitution, also called the Constitution, is often included in the debate.
The United States' right to bear arms is enshrined in the Second Amendment to the US Constitution, which was ratified in 1791. This right was reaffirmed in a decision of the US Supreme Court in 2008.
"The United States' founding fathers did not think of your AR-15 (a semi-automatic rifle) when they wrote that part," says Jonathan Rollins.
Hear US commentator Ginna Lindberg discuss the use of the Archery in the weapons law debate in the clip above.