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Self-defense and Weapon

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Difference between Self-defense and Weapon

Self-defense vs. Weapon

Self-defence (self-defense in some varieties of English) is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm. A weapon, arm or armament is any device used with intent to inflict damage or harm.

Similarities between Self-defense and Weapon

Self-defense and Weapon have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Club (weapon), Firearm, Improvised weapon, Knife legislation, Overview of gun laws by nation, Right of self-defense, Self-defense, Weapon.

Club (weapon)

A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, beating stick, or bludgeon) is among the simplest of all weapons: a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon since prehistoric times.

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Firearm

A firearm is a portable gun (a barreled ranged weapon) that inflicts damage on targets by launching one or more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion (deflagration) of propellant within an ammunition cartridge.

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Improvised weapon

An improvised weapon is an object that was not designed to be used as a weapon but can be put to that use.

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Knife legislation

Knife legislation is defined as the body of statutory law or case law promulgated or enacted by a government or other governing jurisdiction that prohibits, criminalizes, or restricts the otherwise legal manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, possession, transport, or use of knives.

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Overview of gun laws by nation

Gun laws and policies (collectively referred to as firearms regulation or gun control) regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification and use of small arms by civilians.

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Right of self-defense

The right of self-defense (also called, when it applies to the defense of another, alter ego defense, defense of others, defense of a third person) is the right for people to use reasonable force or defensive force, for the purpose of defending one's own life or the lives of others, including, in certain circumstances, the use of deadly force.

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Self-defense

Self-defence (self-defense in some varieties of English) is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm.

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Weapon

A weapon, arm or armament is any device used with intent to inflict damage or harm.

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Self-defense and Weapon Comparison

Self-defense has 157 relations, while Weapon has 157. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 2.55% = 8 / (157 + 157).

References

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