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When Aaron Burr learned that Alexander Hamilton may have intended not to fire his shot or aimed to miss Burr during their fatal 1804 duel, he described it as "Contemptible, if true." Why would choosing not to fire or to deliberately miss be considered shameful in a pistol duel?
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This information coming from the Wikipedia page on the duel, here. The Wiki describes this practice (it's not quite clear to me whether it's referring to 'intending not to fire' or 'deliberately missing') as being 'against the Code Duello,' but I don't know anything about the Code or how widely it would have been adhered to around the turn of the 19th Century in the US.
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