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At Hollywood Career College’s self-defense class, Gold demonstrated potential scenarios.

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“When Mr. Murillo did the act, he did not act in self-defense or defense of others,” Tracy said.

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Hamas’s military wing suggested to Egyptian mediators that they should be able to keep their personal firearms for self-defense.

Police deemed the case a lawful self-defense homicide—even though they had no one claiming they killed Fedrick in self-defense.

“You can use force for two reasons: One is self-defense, the other one is the U.N. Security Council resolution,” she said this week.

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