1. If you believe a threat will soon turn into physical violence, you may take the following actions to preempt an attack (least aggressive to most aggressive): (1) Issue verbal commands. Expose your firearm but leave the gun in the holster, keeping your hand on the guns grip so the gun can be quickly pulled and put into action (2) Issue verbal commands. Pull your gun from its holster and keep the gun at your side or at a low ready position (pointed toward the ground at approximately a 45 degree angle) (3) Issue verbal commands. Pull your gun from its holster and point your gun at the attacker

2. Outside of your place of abode, you may only use deadly force in self-defense if you believe the threat of death or great bodily harm exists.

3. It is generally believed that the first person to call 911 is the victim.

4. Hollow-point bullets are designed to expand when they enter the body.

5. Firearms don't generally need to be cleaned to prevent lead, copper and powder buildup in the firearm.

6. 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".

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

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

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

10. Laws can differ greatly from state-to-state. This is especially true where firearms are concerned and the legal use of force.

11. The Supreme Court has held that police must stop questioning suspects once they assert their right to counsel, but it has also held that a person must affirmatively invoke the right to silence.

12. With single action firearms, the trigger mechanism performs only one function, to release the hammer or striker.

13. 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.

14. 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.

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

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