means of personal protection

Upon hearing the news of Emily's death, several women rally together and consider taking up defense classes as a means of personal protection.

Reciting Sura Al-Falaq and Sura Al-Nas from the Qur'an is also used as a means of personal protection against the evil eye.

Robert R. Simpson, a lawyer who is helping represent Bridgeport, said the gun shops were included for being part of the "stream of commerce" in the gun industry, and the trade associations for promoting the idea - which he labeled as false - that handgun ownership is an effective means of personal protection.