Originally Posted by dij

and then you stab him, can it be considered as a self defense?

We recently got into a fight with about 5-6 people at the house party, beat the shit out of them.. after some time they came back with more people with bats and bb guns. Some of my friends got hit with the bat in the face and shot a few times with bbgun, nothing serious tho. So I am just wondering, in a fight like that if you pull out a knife and stab one of the attackers can it be considered a self defense?