Whe get a earlier -- 25th Amendment-- dealing with Presidential disability.I've always wondered what the U. S. would have been like had Lincoln survived his assassination by John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln had already welcomed back the Congress Critters from the Southern States, Reconstruction was only imposed in 1866 after the southern states refused to approve the 14th Amendment.My guess is Reconstruction would have been more organized and better planned.
The Thirteenth Amendment banning slavery, was passed before His assassination.Would we still have slavery
I think its been debated that Lincoln did survive his assassination attempt but it was his doctor's probing and examining that contributed greatly to his death.
I hadn't heart that before. Perhaps you're thinking of Garfield?
Or maybe Zombie Lincoln?.
Zombie Lincoln said:MUST...CRUSH...THE...CONFEDERACY.
Nope. It is definitely Lincoln he's talking about. I saw an article in CIVIL WAR TIMES or some such magazine about it some years ago. The theory is based on the report of a junior-rank military doctor who attended him, who argued against probing the wound. He was over-ruled by a more senior physician, who inserted a probe into the wound and moved it around a bit looking for the bullet, which he didn't find. Whether he would have survived is not at all certain, however, and the theory is not widely accepted by historians today. Most likely, given the state of medicine at the time, he would not have survived, and if he did, he would have likely been pretty much a vegetable afterward.
Errr.... Just how far does a bullet drop in 5 feet!?!? How is this not point blank?He opens the door, aims, and fires from five feet away... not point blank range.
Yes, I can see how he could miss. I'm objecting to the unfortunately common misuse of the phrase "point blank".He's drunk. He's staggering. His arm isn't very steady.
Point blank refers to being able to use blank weapons, ie edged weapons.
Point blank refers to being able to use blank weapons, ie edged weapons. In the rifle age, point blank would be 1,5 meters or so, close enough to stab the other guy with a bayonet.
von Adler is correct.
Originally point blank range was dependent on the firearm in question. It was the distance from the target where the elevation of the gun did not need to be adjusted to hit the target.