
"I, being a citizen of this state, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this state nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, nor aided or assisted any person thus offending, so help me God."
It is indeed antiquated. It was for a bygone era when politicians got shot for lying and cheating. Nowadays, we just re-elect them. - H2
Technically speaking a duel is where two persons stand back to back and then pace a certain number of paces, then fire. Most politicians nowadays would stab you in the back, out of habit.
After giving it some more thought, I think it should be repealed. There was a time that a liar and a cheat would get challenged to a duel. Then they passed that oath amendment and an honest fella lost any chance of getting anywhere in politics.
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