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

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

3. Police are not legally liable for failing to protect individual citizens, only the community at large.

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

5. Some states do not regulate "carry" at all (aka Constitutional Carry) with the exception of having an age requirement and not being a person prohibited from owning a firearm.

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

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. In self-defense training, you are taught to shoot with intent to kill.

9. You should not approach the person you have just shot because this person may still be dangerous and faking injury to gain the upper hand.

10. No in-depth details regarding your actions during a self-defense shooting should be given to law enforcement. Only discuss the actions of the person or persons that attacked you.

11. UAPDI is authorized by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to certify individuals so that they may teach the Minnesota Permit to Carry class?

12. When making a claim of self-defense, you have to admit that you did in fact shoot your attacker.

13. 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.

14. The levels of proof are: Mere suspicion, articulable suspicion, probable cause, preponderance of the evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt

15. Beyond a reasonable doubt would suggest 75% to 99% certainty.

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