1. Regarding the color codes of awareness, when outside the home, you should be at condition yellow (aware of your surroundings)

2. Minnesota statute 609.666 specifically authorizes the use of deadly force to prevent the commission of a felony in the home.

3. If there are witnesses to your self-defense incident, you should ask then if they are injured and ask everyone to call 911 to make a statement as to what they heard and saw. You should also call 911 yourself.

4. Conversations with your attorney are privileged and generally cannot be disclosed to law enforcement. This is not the case when discussing matters with friends or family.

5. Defensive accuracy is typically defined as being able to consistently fire a predetermined number of rounds of ammunition into a target the size of a paper plate from a distance of 61 feet.

6. Current laws (criminal or civil) shield Good Samaritans.

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

8. 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.

9. The two primary reasons "open carry" is a bad idea include: (1) There is a high probability that anyone who sees you with a handgun will call 911 and law enforcement will be forced to waste their time and yours investigating your lawful right to carry. (2) You are alerting potential attackers that you have a gun which eliminates or greatly reduces your tactical advantage. Why give others (criminals) the advance notice that you are carrying a firearm?

10. When asked by a law enforcement officer if you are armed, in Minnesota you do not have to answer that question.

11. The material presented on the UAPDI WEB site or by a UAPDI instructor constitutes legal advise?

12. Never surrender your firearm to anyone other than a uniformed police officer or security guard.

13. In a 2006 CNN report, Minneapolis ranked in the top 25 most dangerous cities in the US.

14. According to the NRA, firearms and ammunition should be store separately and firearms should always be stored unloaded.

15. In order to use deadly force against another, the attacker must truly have the ability to kill or cause great bodily harm. This "ability” may come in the form of having a dangerous or deadly weapon or a disparity of force exists between the victim and the attacker. Select all the items below that represent a "disparity of force".

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