>>542829798>New York does not have a specific, standalone civilian criminal penal statute dedicated solely to dueling anymore, but engaging in a duel is strictly illegal and prosecuted under general New York criminal laws such as assault and homicide.Well, gentlemen and members of the breathern, it is actually quite simple. Since Dueling was infact both historically defined in State Law, and declared illegal under State law; the fact that the law was repealed, but the legal definitions of specific actions, which are those specific actions which define an action as a duel, and thus seperate from crimes such as assault and murder, were never explicitly changed, it seems that since the history of state law is part of state law, that the legal definition of a duel remained in state law, when the law was repealed, meaning that those specific actions defined under state law as dueling, and thus separate from other crimes by explicit definition, were actually repealed as a crime when the repealed the law without changing the definition.
>>542831849Thusly any attempt by the prosecution to charge duelists with a crime, is, in fact, an attempt by the prosecution to get around the fact that specific actions, defined as dueling, explicitly under state as a specific set of actions, were in fact declared non-criminal when they repealed the law, but left the definition intact. Thusly, any attempt to prosecute for these other crimes, for these specific actions, is in fact, an attempt by the prosecution to ignore the fact that these specific actions were declared by the legislature as non-criminal when the law was repealed. Thusly, all charges must summarily be dismissed; and any previous convictions must be declared as mistrials with the charges dismissed.What this implies, of course, is that if you follow the specific bylaws of historical dueling, which include that when you challenge someone to a duel, should they decline, and then attempt to publicly further besmirch your honor, attempt to humiliate you when refusing the duel, or commit actions which cause further loss of face, that you are well within your rights, as a duelist, to pull out your pistol and shoot them where they stand, as per the laws of polite society and the history of dueling. Thusly, since the law which defined dueling as explicitly illegal was repealed, but the specific actions which define a duel remain in state law by the repeal of the law, rendering those specific actions as non-criminal, you can, not only shoot them in the face, but also the judge must, by force of law, have any attempt to bring charges against you immediately dismissed, since those actions are both defined specifically under state law, and are no longer considered criminal since the law which defined those specific actions as criminal was repealed, making those actions, in fact legal, since they are explicitly defined under state law.
>>542831849>>542831931It does in seem, that Donald Trump was correct; in the very specific circumstances where someone insults your honor, besmirches your character, or causes loss of face, you can simply challenge them to a duel, and should they refuse and continue to do so, per the by laws of dueling, you can simply pull out your gun, and shoot them in the face in the middle of the street. Any attempt to press any form of criminal charge, must simply be dismissed, since these specific set of actions were declared legal by the repeal of the law which criminalized them, with the specific actions remaining as defined in State Law..
