1. Travelers need to know the rules of the road before heading to another state with firearms.

2. No matter what your level of training or how capable you believe yourself to be in handling stressful situations, you will experience, to a greater or lesser degree, a number of involuntary physiological changes during a serious defensive situation.

3. In Minnesota, posted private establishments can prevent permit holders from carrying a firearm within their business.

4. There are two types of handguns: Revolvers and short barrel rifles.

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

6. For self-defense ammunition, only buy high quality name brand cartridges. Most often, personal-defense ammunition comes in some variation of a hollow-point bullet.

7. AOJ-P is short for Ability, Opportunity, Jeopardy and Preclusion. If all four elements are satisfied, the use of deadly force is generally authorized. The AOJ-P analysis is used to identify a real threat and imminence of the danger being faced.

8. Reciprocity is what you have when states do not honor each others permit to carry a firearm.

9. Self defense law has evolved over hundreds of years and continues to evolve even today

10. For a self-defense shooting, the preferred aiming point is the largest center of exposed mass which in many cases is the center chest.

11. After a self-defense shooting, remaining calm and in control will be important because it will set the tone for how others perceive you and how law enforcement officers interact with you.

12. If you are being questioned by law enforcement, you are probably a suspect in a crime or the officer is attempting to discern as to whether or not a crime has been committed.

13. The element of "Preclusion" allows you to stand-your-ground without a duty to retreat.

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

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

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