The French law regulating self-defense demands that any act of self-defense be "proportional" to the attack one is defending oneself from.
This means navigating one of the most complex areas of law, facing a government lawyer, and often times, defending oneself from within the confines of immigration jail and without the right to a bail hearing.
It is not quite accurate to say that the state or its government has a monopoly of force, since one can justifiably use force as a citizen to defend oneself or others from an attack or assault that is not itself justified (being criminal or insane), and this requires no authorization.
As Tanisha Moner, a concealed permit instructor in Michigan, told Detroit's Fox 2 News, deadly weapons are only to be used to defend oneself or others from great bodily harm, rape or death.
That section justifies using physical force when someone believes it is necessary to defend oneself or someone else from an attack.
Rape Aggression Defense Systems (RAD Systems) is a hands-on, women only self defense and risk reduction education program designed to teach women realistic ways to defend and protect oneself from sexual and abductive assaults.
"We must defend Jerusalem from attack.
He defended Mr. Netanyahu's right to defend Israel from rocket attacks from Gaza.
"I have nothing to defend myself from," he said.
