The right of self-defense is the right for people to use reasonable or defensive force, for the purpose of defending one's own life or the lives of others, including – in certain circumstances – the use of deadly force.
In the United States, self-defense is an affirmative defense that is used to justify the use of force by one person against another person under specific circumstances.
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