They have been repeatedly displaced by fighting between the nation's largest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,or FARC, and a right-wing paramilitary group called the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

The high court ruling says the right to have a handgun for self defense is a fundamental right under the Second Amendment to the U.S.Constitution and applies to state and local jurisdictions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

(...) Steinitz said it is an anti-Semitic resolution in which the same right of self-defense that is allowed to the United States in Afghanistan and Russia in Chechnya is denied to Israel in the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

In 2008,the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense, striking down a Washington,D.C.law that banned the possession of handguns in the home.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Besides urging the Obama administration to oppose any further consideration of the Goldstone report in multi-lateral forums, or measures stemming from it, the resolution also reaffirms support for Israel's security and right to self-defense, and its right to defend its citizens from violent militant groups and their state sponsors.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04