WI: Hamilton shoots Burr

I might be venturing into ASB territory, but what would he the consequences of Alexander Hamilton shooting and killing Aaron Burr?
 
I might be venturing into ASB territory, but what would he the consequences of Alexander Hamilton shooting and killing Aaron Burr?

Not really. While Hamilton MIGHT have intended to miss, it's not so clear as people imagine. In fact, he was a MUCH better shot than Burr and had been involved in duels before.

As for the results--Burr is dead.

Hamilton's political career is extra-dead. Because, yeah, it was sort of dead before.
 
I think most people do. Even so, smooth bores are notoriously inaccurate so he might have accidentally shot him.

The evidence of a delope is that after Hamilton was dead, his friends claimed he had been going to delope.

Note that deloping was something that had rituals that were generally to be followed to prevent something like what most Hamilton supporters insisted happened from occurring, rituals which Hamilton most certainly did not perform during the duel.

So, yes, I'm dubious.
 
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