When this country was founded, men sometime engaged in the duel, a point of honor. It was a given…if one thought his honor had been questioned; he had the right to challenge the alleged offender to a duel, and sometimes take the life of the person questioning his honor, or loose his instead. Society examined this practice, and decided that it was not in the best interests of most citizens for this process to continue. States passed laws to limit the duel and, although there was no federal statue passed, by the early 1800s, the practice had been made illegal...