1. In the State of Minnesota, your Permit to Carry information is available in the Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) database e.g. part of your driver license information or vehicle registration information.

2. When using your firearm to protect yourself, you will always have the time for proper stance and sight alignment.

3. If you own firearms, you should have a complete understanding of the laws in your home state, specifically related to possession, storage, transportation and using a firearm for self defense.

4. The Glock 19 has no exposed hammer. This gun uses an internal striker.

5. For legal reasons, never use the phrases and or words "kill”, "accident", "mistake" or "I didn't mean to" (just to name a few), when referring to or describing your own actions.

6. A claim of self-defense requires that you be an innocent party and a reluctant participant in the altercation.

7. The line between reasonable force and excessive force is very thin where no buffer zone exists.

8. To "win" at self-defense, the only hurdle you need to clear is being cleared of criminal charges.

9. For target shooting, look for expensive name brand ammunition that is corrosive.

10. Semi-automatics are generally considered to be less complicated to operate than revolvers.

11. The final version of the Minnesota Citizens Personal Protection Act was passed in 2005.

12. There are five possible responses to a life-threatening encounter:

  1. Freeze - The victim of the attack may be so overwhelmed or surprised by being threatened, the victim may become incapable of any action;
  2. Submit - Simply giving into the attacker;
  3. Posture - Combat without combat. Words, sounds, gestures and body language are weapons used to dominate, intimidate and subdue another. Depending on circumstances, the attacker and the victim, one may try to out-bluster the other until one backs down or flees.;
  4. Flight - Retreat or running away from the situation;
  5. Fight - The use of reasonable force to prevent an attacker from harming you

13. Regarding the color codes of awareness, condition "blue" represents an attack is about to happen immediately.

14. Minnesota statute 609.065 specifically covers the justifiable taking of human life.

15. Which Amendment to the US Constitution provides that, "No person... shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself..."

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