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'''Self-defense''' is the claim that an act otherwise [[criminal]] was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or [[property]] from the threat or action of another.  
 
'''Self-defense''' is the claim that an act otherwise [[criminal]] was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or [[property]] from the threat or action of another.  
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The use of private arms for self-defense accords was supported by the esteemed legal commentator [[Blackstone]], which influenced thinking in the American colonies.  He wrote that the people's right to arms was auxiliary to the natural right of self-preservation.<ref>See WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, 1 COMMENTARIES *136, *139.</ref>
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== References ==
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