Mr Zimmerman says that he acted in self-defence after an altercation broke out with Martin.
It will only ever be used in self-defence, and will never fight outside Swiss territory.
Mr Fitzsimons has said he shot the men in self-defence after an altercation broke out.
Terry Kennedy has to have his right hand amputated after he puts it up in self-defence.
No hunter, and nobody interested purely in self-defence, needs a semi-automatic rifle with a 100-round magazine.
Their brief domestic bliss is shattered when Fay murders the trooper's homicidal former mistress in self-defence.
Proceedings against the 21-year-old, who said he had acted in self-defence, were dropped four months later.
In theory, their rules of engagement allow the allies to fire only in self-defence.
Mr Lebedev says Mr Polonsky was about to hit him so he acted in self-defence.
She said she escaped and shot him in self-defence using a gun he kept on a shelf.
The police logged it as an assault, and said the nurse had acted instinctively and in self-defence.
He pleaded not guilty claiming he acted in self-defence but was found guilty of manslaughter at Birmingham Crown Court.
Bristol Crown Court heard she felt under attack and had acted in self-defence.
Rahim had claimed he was acting in self-defence in connection with the murder, which was rejected by the jury.
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He said he was acting in self-defence after the victim picked up a piece of wood to attack him.
Fitzsimons said he shot the men in self-defence after an altercation broke out.
The police version of the incident states that the officer, who has not been named by the authorities, fired in self-defence.
He claimed he had acted in self-defence, but was given a formal warning that his actions had breached the terms of his release.
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The local police did not arrest Mr Zimmerman, saying they had no evidence to dispute his claim that he had acted in self-defence.
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On Thursday, prosecutors told Liverpool Crown Court they were dropping the charges because they could not prove he had not been acting in self-defence.
Contradictory as it seems, Mr Bush has also repeatedly claimed that, whatever the Security Council decides, America has the right to attack Iraq in self-defence.
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American troops are prohibited from doing any fighting, except in self-defence.
Hadden claimed, in evidence, that he was acting in self-defence, saying Mr O'Brien was swinging the bat wildly at him and he had to protect himself.
The police report describes him as a "miscreant who was part of an unlawful assembly", at which the forces had fired tear gas shells in self-defence.
After the dispute, the prosecution said the defendant tried to make the weapon disappear to create a "false impression of a law-abiding citizen acting in self-defence".
British defence sources said the rules of engagement stipulated the NATO troops could only use force in self-defence or if the safety of the soldiers was threatened.
Because many Filipinos object to the return of troops from the former colonial power, American forces have not been allowed to do any fighting, except in self-defence.
Officials in Manila have said that their initial findings suggest that the coast guard acted in self-defence and that fishing boat tried to ram into the coastguard vessel.
No defence was heard in the trial, but the jury was told that Worvell claimed to be acting in self-defence after the two other men attempted to attack him with pieces of wood.
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