Federal Enforcement of Self Defense Act

The Federal Justice & Enforcement of Self Defense Vigilance Act of 2006 was a federal law passed by the Union of Everett into federal law regarding the rights of self defense, defense of property and defense of others. The law enhances current state laws regarding the carrying of weapons, state or federal licensing and permit of weapons carry, the right of a person to defend him or herself and his or her personal property and laws regarding the intervention in immediate and direct life threatening danger of others from harm. The law established new legal definitions of self defense, lethal force, necessary force, danger avoidance or deterrent and castle doctrine.

Federal Justice & Enforcement of Self Defense Vigilance Act (Full Text)

 * I. Definitions
 * A. Self Defense
 * 1. Self defense is defined as any act made by a victim of a violent attack to protect, defend, thwart, shield or avoid such attack in the attempt to prevent bodily harm or death.
 * B. Bodily Harm
 * 1. Bodily harm is defined as any act against another person unlawfully which causes injury and or trauma to the body. Bodily harm includes stabbing wounds, slashes, facial trauma, broken bones, loss of teeth, bruising, loss of blood, cuts, abrasions, gun shot wounds, fractures, head traumas, unconsciousness, choking, asphixiation, dislocations, tearing, ripping, loss or ripping of hair.
 * C. Death
 * 1. Lethal harm is defined as any act against another person unlawfully which causes fatal injury leading to death of victim.
 * 2. Lethal harm includes the potential during a rape incident in which the victim is exposed to biological hazards including HIV/AIDS infection.
 * D. Lethal Force
 * 1. Lethal force is defined as an act by a victim of an unlawful attack, in an act of self defense, that results in the fatal injury and death of the initial attacker. Lethal force may be legal in certain circumstances.
 * E. Necessary Force
 * 1. Necessary force is defined as any act by a victim of unlawful attack, in an act of self defense, that is legally applied to successfully defend oneself or others from harm or death.
 * F. Excessive Force
 * 1. Excessive force is defined as any act by a victim of an unlawful attack, in an act of self defense, that is illegally applied excessively to successfully defend oneself or others from harm.
 * G. Legal Self Defense Tool
 * 1. A legal self defense tool is defined as any weapon, concealed or carried openly, used to defend oneself from harm or death. This law hereby legalizes under federal law, the right of the citizen to be armed with any of the following self defense tools:
 * a. Mace/Pepper Spray
 * b. Taser or equivalent stun gun
 * c. Extendable baton
 * d. Licensed & permitted concealed carry (CCW) firearm
 * 1a. A pistol of .45 caliber or less of semi automatic nature or revolving system with magazine capacity of no more than 17 rounds of ammunition per magazine with a maximum of one extra magazine legally allowed carried on the licensed and permitted person unless armed subject is a law enforcement officer or military personnel.
 * 1b. A law enforcement or military officer or personnel may be armed with any firearm, carried concealed or openly with any amount of ammunition and extra magazines or supply.
 * e. Handcuffs
 * 1a. It shall be legal for a civilian to possess handcuffs on their person if registered as a security officer, security guard, peace officer, private investigator or auxillary officer to be used to restrain and detain a felony suspect.
 * f. Knives
 * 1a. Knives and stabbing tools may be carried legally by any citizen with a blade of no more than 4 inches in length from the base of the blade. A citizen may be armed with any amount of such knives.
 * 1b. Switchbades, butterfly knives and retractable knives are legal to possess in a blade length of no longer than 4 inches from the base of the blade.
 * 1c. Hunting knives and knives or stabbing weapons of longer than 4 inches in length from the base of the blade are legally to be carried in camping, hunting, fishing situations.
 * 1d. Utility tools such as Swiss army knives or other multi-tools may be legally carried.
 * II. Civilian Self Defense
 * A. Physical Assault
 * 1. A citizen has the legal right to defend oneself from unarmed physical attack with equal force or by use of a legal self defense weapon.
 * B. Sexual Assault/Rape
 * C. Potentially Lethal/Fatal Assaults
 * D. Defense From Kidnapping
 * E. Defense of Children
 * F. Defense of Property From Burglary
 * G. Arson
 * H. Terrorism
 * III. Law Enforcement Self Defense
 * IV. Military Self Defense