Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
A well-regulated militia in 1792 could fire about 2 rounders per person per minute. http://bit.ly/ZqTT9h 

@GlennF Also, the miniball wasn’t particularly lethal. Most casualties resulted from lack of medical care for non-lethal hits.

Kirk McElhearn @mcelhearn:
@jeffporten @GlennF Wasn’t the minie ball much later, in the Civil War?

@mcelhearn @glennf Sorry, yes, you’re right. But I was *essentially* correct. :-P

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@mcelhearn @jeffporten Forget the pellet: aim was ridiculous, and misfires common!

Kirk McElhearn @mcelhearn:
@GlennF @jeffporten Yet Burr still managed to kill Hamilton…

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@mcelhearn @jeffporten It was a neat trick he pulled off.

@mcelhearn @glennf Check out the history of duels, most didn’t result in a fatality. Press then was shocked that Burr aimed lethally.

Chris Breen @BodyofBreen:
@mcelhearn @GlennF @jeffporten Raymond Burr shot Hamilton Burger? Must have missed that episode of Perry Mason.

@BodyofBreen @mcelhearn @glennf It was the Very Special episode directed by Ken Burns and scripted by David McCullogh.

Kirk McElhearn @mcelhearn:
@jeffporten @BodyofBreen @glennf With interviews with Shelby Foote.