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I can certainly understand the impulse to react with overwhelming force. Even as a man, many potential assailants are larger and stronger than me.

But I'd surely go to prison if I followed through and stabbed some stranger for putting their arm on my shoulders. One of the first things you learn in any kind of self-defense training is that you should not - and legally must not - wield a weapon except to protect yourself from an immediate risk of serious injury.



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