# How can you kill 77 people in self-defense?

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**Created:** [April 17, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-kill-77-people-in-self-defense/619070 "2012-04-17T18:35:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-kill-77-people-in-self-defense/619070/23 "2012-04-17T22:38:12Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> Jealous, eh? Too bad nobody’s offering such swank accommodations to anti-multiculturalist keyboard warriors.

You are forgetting your very own perfectly [reasonable explanation of the defense in another thread just yesterday.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14970717&postcount=34):

> [@Dear Morons: VET YOUR GODDAMN SOURCES](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-morons-vet-your-goddamn-sources/618841/34):
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> Let’s take a lesson from the Martin/Zimmerman case and wait until all the facts are in before forming any opinions. It’s entirely possible that Breivik was merely following each of the 77 to keep an eye on them—which is his right under the law—and one by one, each of them turned and attacked him, leaving him no choice but to use deadly force. He’s probably as upset as anyone that it had to turn out that way.

I’m convinced!

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