In the Criminal Code of 1926 there was a most stupid Article 139—‘on the limits of necessary self-defense’—according to which you had the right to unsheath your knife only after the criminal's knife was hovering over you. And you could stab him only after he had stabbed you.
-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Even in the Soviet Union what Jose Alba did would have been a clear case of self defense. Instead, in the modern United States, you have criminals being set free while responsible, law abiding citizens are harshly punished.
-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Even in the Soviet Union what Jose Alba did would have been a clear case of self defense. Instead, in the modern United States, you have criminals being set free while responsible, law abiding citizens are harshly punished.