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To: JackOfVA

After Vice President Aaron Burr (D-NY) killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, he was wanted for murder (but never brought to justice).

35 posted on 06/25/2013 2:34:55 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus

To: Verginius Rufus

200 years later, in a country different from Britain. US had only recently made dueling illegal IIRC.

44 posted on 06/27/2013 6:07:01 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)

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