[inquest]

Self-defense isn't vigilantism.

[.38sw]

I agree that self-defense is vigilantism, although I see it referred to it that way fairly often. Vigilantism would be someone actually going after a criminal after a crime is committed. If you are merely defending yourself, that is not vigilantism. Now, if you went and tracked down and shot someone who had harmed you or a friend or family member, that is vigilantism.

[Cultural Jihad]

Self-defense isn't vigilantism.

. . . while the Minutemen Project loons are not advocating self-defense.

[Steve Van Doorn]

Shop owners defending their property during the LA riots: I said they where acting out as Vigilantes. You corrected me with:
“Self-defense isn't vigilantism.”

My mistake, you are correct.