Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Self-defense is a natural right, not a legal creation.
- In plain terms
- Protecting yourself is basic and natural.
- What can you take from it?
- Natural rights exist before laws do.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What rights exist before laws?
Another view
May oversimplify how laws actually protect defense.
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