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

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. Law enforcement can confront you with false physical evidence in an attempt to coerce you into incriminating yourself.

9. Using the Kimber 1911 as an example, this gun is carried safely in a cocked and locked fashion.

10. A good quality belt and holster is ideally required to properly support and retain a firearm.

11. For legal reasons, never use the phrases and or words "kill”, "accident", "mistake" or "I didn't mean to" (just to name a few), when referring to or describing your own actions.

12. The material presented on the UAPDI WEB site or by a UAPDI instructor constitutes legal advise?

13. If you point your gun at someone and you are not able to articulate your legal justification for doing so, you run the risk of criminal prosecution.

14. Some states have "shall issue” permit laws while other states have "may issue” permit laws. The difference is, in "shall issue” states, the agency in question must issue your permit to carry a firearm if you pass the background check and/or pass other specific parameters established by law. For states with a "may issue” permit law, it is at the complete discretion of law enforcement (or some other governmental agency) as to whether or not you should be issued a permit to carry a firearm.

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

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