Americans + guns = Can't hit a barn door. Imagine them in a duel !!

[Captain Caveman]

Yup.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Many a true word spoken in jest.

 

[1srelluc]

LOL....Tell that to Alexander Hamilton.


The Burr-Hamilton duel is one of the most famous duels in American history, occurring on July 11, 1804, in Weehawken, New Jersey. It was the culmination of a bitter rivalry between Aaron Burr, the third U.S. vice president, and Alexander Hamilton, the first and former Secretary of the Treasury. The duel was the result of disparaging remarks Hamilton had allegedly made about Burr at a dinner. Burr shot Hamilton in the abdomen, which hit a tree branch above and behind Burr's head. Hamilton was transported across the Hudson River for treatment in present-day Greenwich Village in New York City, where he died the following day. This duel not only resulted in Hamilton's death but also permanently weakened the Federalist Party, which Hamilton had founded in 1789. It ended Burr's political career, as he was vilified for shooting Hamilton.

 

[1srelluc]