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"Guns have no real role in self defense either, since they are mainly used to kill. "
No. The key point is that in order to properly use a garrote you need to sneak up behind someone to employ it. Hardly justifiable under most state's self-defense laws.
Mike
PS yes, you can probably come up with a wild-assed scenario in which this would be a valid form of self-defense, but we speak of the rules, not the exceptions.
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