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Ky. wants to drop ‘dueling’ from officials’ oath
msnbc ^ | Feb. 23, 2010

Posted on 02/25/2010 6:46:21 AM PST by JoeProBono

FRANKFORT, Ky. - When you take the oath of office in Kentucky, you have to swear that you haven't taken part in a duel with deadly weapons.

The promise usually elicits laughter, and state Rep. Darryl Owens has proposed amending the Kentucky Constitution to do away with the archaic language. The Democrat's proposal cleared a House committee Tuesday.

According to Carl Chelf, a retired political science professor at Western Kentucky University, the language comes from Kentucky's frontier days, when the state was a hotbed for dueling. Chelf says the framers of the state constitution wanted to clean up Kentucky's reputation as a haven where people came to fight duels.

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KEYWORDS: dueling; jpb; kentucky

1 posted on 02/25/2010 6:46:22 AM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Just wait till some gang bangers win elections for office.


2 posted on 02/25/2010 6:48:03 AM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: stefanbatory; muawiyah; SunkenCiv

Are they embarressed of their ancestors? No more feudin’ in KAIN-Tuck?? Outlawing gentlemen’s DUELS, whadda they wanna replace it with?


3 posted on 02/25/2010 6:53:38 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: Paleo Conservative

4 posted on 02/25/2010 6:53:47 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

Oh just leave it in!

It may be totally irrelevant to today, but it’s just a harmless historical accent to an oath that people should be more focused on their elected representatives actually adhering to.

I mean doctors swear an oath to Apollo, but it’s the “do no harm” part that people care about.


5 posted on 02/25/2010 6:55:14 AM PST by VanDeKoik (Iran doesnt have a 2nd admendment. Ya see how that turned out?)
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To: JoeProBono

Kentucky Officials should be free to exercise their 2nd amendment rights and their right of self defence. Does this prohibition interfere with those? I wonder.

BTW, dueling of any sort is a crime.But the appearance of dueling is not.


6 posted on 02/25/2010 7:00:13 AM PST by Candor7 (((The effective weapons against Oba- Fascism are ridicule, derision , truth (.Member NRA)))
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To: JoeProBono
Then I suppose Aaron Burr wasn't qualified to serve in Kentucky?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLSsswr6z9Y

7 posted on 02/25/2010 7:12:48 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

8 posted on 02/25/2010 7:21:47 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

I think duels should be brought back anyway. Lots of examples in recent years of mostly leftist politicians deliberately slandering opponents. Accusing them of outright lies for financial consideration.

Wonder how many believe their slander enought to show up on the on the field of honor? Recently some of the comments about Sarah seem worthy of a slap and pistols at 10 paces.
And in each duel,, at least one politican bites the dust. Where’s the downside??

Just my opinion.


9 posted on 02/25/2010 7:25:33 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: JoeProBono
Does this mean that they can participate in duels now?
It might be a way to reduce the political population if they start calling each other out.
10 posted on 02/25/2010 7:26:39 AM PST by Tanniker Smith (Obi-Wan Palin: Strike her down and she shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.)
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To: JoeProBono

11 posted on 02/25/2010 7:27:28 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Pelosi is practically President; the Obama is just her talk show host.)
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To: ctdonath2

12 posted on 02/25/2010 7:29:51 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

I believe its also illegal in Kentucky to open a can of beans with a shotgun. Meddling politicians spoils all the fun.


13 posted on 02/25/2010 7:30:12 AM PST by phredo53 (Caution: This post does not comply with White House standards.)
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To: JoeProBono

And think of this for example,,,say a man loudly says Obama is not a natural born citizen, or is a closet muslim deliberately aiding our enemies. If we can expect such a slander of treason or bastardi to receive a challenge,, but then Obama doesn’t issue a challenge, we would be left to conclude it is true, or Obama a coward.

I would so love for challenge and duels to hit our political world. And it might even have a fringe benefit. Dems might suddenly find the right to own and practice a LOT with pistols. Lord knows they would need it.


14 posted on 02/25/2010 7:32:37 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: DesertRhino

I’ve thought that dueling should brought back for quite a long time.

It would shut some big mouths and thin out the herd a bit.


15 posted on 02/25/2010 7:36:31 AM PST by EricT. (Can we start hanging them yet?)
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To: EricT.

“shut some big mouths and thin out the herd a bit.”

Amen,,,,


16 posted on 02/25/2010 7:37:46 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: JoeProBono

Dueling should be brought back. People would become nicer overnight. And many lawyers would have to earn an honest living.


17 posted on 02/25/2010 7:53:59 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
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To: JoeProBono

In one ancient parliament, a law was passed that if any legislator wanted to submit a law, they had to do so with a noose around their neck. And if their proposed law didn’t pass, they would be strangled with it.

For 200 years after that, they passed no new laws.

Now that is the true definition of “conservative.” Some wits have also suggested that this was also the true origin of the necktie.


18 posted on 02/25/2010 7:56:49 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: Oldpuppymax

19 posted on 02/25/2010 8:21:11 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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