1. 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

2. As a very general rule, no one is obligated to speak to the police, but even non-verbal communication can, in some situations, be incriminating.

3. 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.

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

6. 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.

7. If you are being questioned by law enforcement, you are probably a suspect in a crime or the officer is attempting to discern as to whether or not a crime has been committed.

8. In order to help retain and maintain control of your firearm throughout a self-defense scenario, you can keep your gun in one hand and close to your body and utilize your free hand to block your attacker.

9. Defensive accuracy is typically defined as being able to consistently fire a predetermined number of rounds of ammunition into a target the size of a paper plate from a distance of 61 feet.

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

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

12. Self-defense is not an affirmative defense.

13. Everything you need to know about gun laws and use of force can be learned by reading the state statutes.

14. Minnesota statute 609.065 specifically covers the justifiable taking of human life.

15. Patches, cleaning rod, soft cloth, cleaning rod attachments, small brush, bore cleaner, bore brush and gun oil are not examples of the items used to clean a firearm.

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