EUGENE VOLOKH: “Busting the Durable Myth that US Self-Defense Law Uniquely Fails to Protect Human Life.” “The problem with this narrative is that it fails to recognize that US self-defense law is, in fact, very much within the international mainstream and, in many respects, is significantly more protective of attackers and more carefully calibrated to reduce overall societal violence than the self-defense laws of many other nations.”