BOISE, Idaho -- A 151-year-old state law that reportedly drew its inspiration from the duel between former vice president Aaron Burr and former treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton soon might be taken off the books. A House committee voted to consider ridding Idaho of the rule on jurisdiction for out-of-state duels, passed during Idaho's first territorial legislature in 1864. Michael Kane from the Idaho Sheriffs' Association had been tasked with finding outdated laws to repeal, he said.
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