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, when outside the home, you should be at condition yellow (aware of your surroundings)

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Minnesota does not have a statute related to "Negligent Storage of Firearms"

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. 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.

9. 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.

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

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

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

13. If you are attacked by someone with superior fighting skills, disparity of force can exist. The challenge is you must know your attacker possesses these skills at the time of the attack.

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

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

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