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Dueling became illegal in the U.S. in 1859, and throughout the British Empire in 1819.Let's say we have two adults that have a strong beef with each other, consent to a duel after someone(s) honor was violated, and cannot settle their issue(s) with words or gestures.
The duel would have been against the rules anyway. If you accused him of cheating, it is for him to defend his honor by challenging you to a duel. You then have choice of weapons so you would have won anyway.Had it been the other way around, you could have challenged him, he chooses weapons, and as an Olympic swordsman, he would have cut you into pieces.Business is business. Just play by the rules.
In countries with a public health system (eg not the USA), the health system consumes a large fraction of the taxation income.- Dueling will only increase load on the health system, since it your taxes that pay to patch up the people who partially survive the dual.- If there is no real public health system (eg the USA), gun violence is rife, and people are encouraged to get more guns to protect themselves from the idiots with guns. There is no incentive for the government to do much about it, because repairing the damage doesn't really come out of their pockets.It was ironic to hear Donald Trump criticizing the mayor of London on a night when 3 people were killed in stabbings, when the homicide rate in New York was twice as high (you are much more likely to die from a gun attack than a knife attack). See: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-48651131There is a branch of mathematics called Galois Theory, applied in 4G mobile phones and cable TV, among many others. Galois documented this in a letter at age 20. He had foolishly challenged a soldier to a duel, and died of gunshot wounds received the next morning.See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_Galois