That is strange. Are you sure the message is saying exactly that his longbow cannot be removed? It's possible that you can't put a composite longbow in that slot (e.g. if you have less than 15 Str or if you have a shield equipped), but I've never heard of it the other way around. I'm assuming you don't have a cursed longbow because I've never heard of one in the game. You character level shouldn't have any effect whatsoever on the ability to use a bow, and a ranger is certainly allowed to use one.
It's possible that it's a minor glitch - do a quicksave and quickload, then try again.
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