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Guns are used quite commonly in self-defense; estimates range from 110,000 (National Crime Victimization Study) to 1.5 million to 2.5 million yearly defensive gun uses (studies by largely pro-gun criminologist Gary Kleck and by largely anti-gun criminologist Philip Cook).
In self-defense against five or six months of ice, snow, and slush, 500,000 pedestrians frequent a complete alternative city of shops, cinemas, nightclubs, restaurants, and cafés.
from his earlier appeal to Israel not to retaliate in the event of an Iraqi attack" by saying that " 'Israel obviously has the right of self-defense and will exercise that right as they see fit.
The top national story at the Washington Post is President Clinton's hard-nosed self-defense at his first press conference in months.
Security Council, which has special responsibilities for the maintenance of 'international peace and security,' has openly applied the 'state's right of self-defense' to irregular fighters," Maeda said.