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• n  the act of defending yourself

• I wish I'd had those words in my arsenal of self-defence.
• For some reason Israel is the only country that is denied a right to self-defence, and according to some, even to exist.
• Even according to the law of civilization, his was a justifiable homicide, committed in self-defence.

• self-defense
• self-protection

News & Articles

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• With Violent Crime on the Increase are you Concerned About the Safety of Yourself and Others?
  BIRMINGHAM, England, June 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Defence Lab  is the newest phenomenon sweeping the UK and is being hailed as the most effective self-defence system known to man. Our leading experts ...
  June 30, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Samuel Alito in CBC.ca
  Individual self-defence is the 'central component' of the Second Amendment right,Alito wrote, adding handguns, as the most preferred firearm for home use, must be permitted.
• Antonin Scalia in The Australian
  Judge Antonin Scalia, writing for four colleagues, said the constitution did not permit "the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defence in the home".
• Hamid Karzai in Zee News
  Afghanistan has the right of self-defence. When they (militants) cross the territory from Pakistan to come and kill afghans and to kill coalition troops, it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the same,Karzai told a press conference...