Show-Me Dueling Legislation

For the record, the only kind of dueling this blog advocates is traditional old school banjo contests on Hee-Haw which are still far more sophisticated than what's happening in state capital right now. 

This tidbit is so silly that we saved it for Friday night . . . 

To be fair, our Missouri Democratic Party pals are scared of this kind of talk because so many amongst the GOP super-majority are packing heat in Jeff City. 

Here's the basics that NOBODY should regard seriously . . .

A Missouri state senator proposed reinstating a practice used by America’s founding fathers to settle disputes as tensions flare in the statehouse: duels.

“If a senator’s honor is impugned by another senator to the point that it is beyond repair and in order for the offended senator to gain satisfaction, such senator may rectify the perceived insult to the senator’s honor by challenging the offending senator to a duel,” states the proposal which was written by state Sen Nick Schroer.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

'Utter stupidity': Missouri Republican bids to bring back dueling for senators

State senator Nick Schroer wants to reintroduce dueling to solve political differences in his statehouse