<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of today's (February 14, 2015) Spokesman-Review.</div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; clear: both; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 28px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Bill would repeal dueling in outdated Idaho law</h1><p style="margin-bottom: 21px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">BOISE – A 151-year-old state law that reportedly drew its inspiration from the legendary duel between former Vice President Aaron Burr and former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton might soon be taken off the books. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 21px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee voted Friday to consider ridding Idaho of the rule on jurisdiction for out-of-state duels. The law was passed during Idaho’s very first territorial legislature in 1864. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 21px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Currently, the law states that Idaho has jurisdiction if a person dies in the Gem State after getting injured in a duel out-of-state. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 21px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Republican Rep. Thomas Dayley joked that some lawmakers may want to take advantage of the statute before its repeal would take effect in July. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 21px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Michael Kane from the Idaho Sheriffs’ Association had been tasked with finding outdated laws to repeal from Idaho code, he said. “Needless to say, this is obsolete,” he told lawmakers. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 21px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The rule has been untouched for most of its tenure, but it was amended in 1986 as part of a larger change to grant jurisdiction to the entire state rather than a specific county. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 21px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The law has its roots in an 1804 duel between Burr and Hamilton, Kane said. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 21px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The duel took place in New Jersey, but Hamilton died in New York. Both states charged Burr with murder.</span></p></div><div>--------------------------------------<br><br>And jus' before they vote in a bill permitting concealed weapons in town without the necessity of a permit.</div><div><br></div><div>WHEW! That was close.</div><div><br></div><div>Seeya at the livery stable, Festus, because . . .<br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div></div></body></html>