[Loque]

What do you need a gun to defend yourself against?

In the UK someone did use a gun to "defend" themselves, against two people without guns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Martin_(farmer)

[djrogers]

> What do you need a gun to defend yourself against?

An escaped inmate holding your family hostage? http://www.vicksburgpost.com/2016/03/10/man-killed-following...

A crazy man on a hatchet rampage? http://www.vicksburgpost.com/2016/03/10/man-killed-following...

A violent criminal attacking you in an elevator? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3481507/Woman-leaves...

Of course defensive gun use doesn't fit the anti-gun narrative so it must not happen.

[hfsktr]

Your first two links are the same but your description for each is a bit different.

[djrogers]

Thanks for pointing that out - clipboard fail on my part. The hatchet wielding guy story is here (although this version says machete:

http://q13fox.com/2016/03/13/machete-swinging-attacker-shot-...

[yrro]

> What do you need a gun to defend yourself against?

Toddlers, apparently!

[JoeAltmaier]

In many US states there is a requirement to retreat - that its not self-defence if you could have avoided the incident. Sounds like the UK has a requirement like that too?