1. Modern revolvers will typically hold between five (5) and six (6) rounds in the cylinder. Depending on caliber, a revolver may hold as many as seven (7) rounds, e.g., some .22 caliber revolvers.

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

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

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. Generally, the best place to find and research firearm related products and accessories is on the Internet e.g. Google

6. 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

7. Depending on your jurisdiction, there are up to five elements of self-defense law:

  1. Avoidance - Escape if you can
  2. Innocence - Don't start or provoke the fight
  3. Imminence - The attack has started or is about to begin immediately (AOJ-P analysis)
  4. Proportionality - Equal force (you cannot use deadly force against a non-deadly threat)
  5. Reasonableness - You made good decisions under the circumstances

If a prosecutor can disprove any of the five elements, your self-defense justification collapses.

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

9. Do not rely on others to call 911 for you; call yourself so your call is documented (recorded) and to ensure facts are clear.

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

11. When carrying a firearm and stopped by a law enforcement officer, do not make sudden movements or pull out the firearm to show it to the officer.

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

13. There are valuable resources available to educate oneself on deadly encounters and the law. Select from the list all that would be considered appropriate training resources.

14. Where home security is concerned, always keep garage and exterior doors closed and locked. Never answer the door unless you are expecting someone.

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

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