1. 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.

True False

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

True False

3. Depending on your jurisdiction, there are up to five elements of self-defense law:

1. Avoidance - Escape if you can
2. Innocence - Don't start or provoke the fight
3. Imminence - The attack has started or is about to begin immediately (AOJ-P analysis)
4. Proportionality - Equal force (you cannot use deadly force against a non-deadly threat)
5. Reasonableness - You made good decisions under the circumstances

If a prosecutor can disprove any of the five elements, your self-defense justification collapses.

True False

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

True False

5. In the state of Minnesota, statute 609.06 authorizes a private citizen the right to use reasonable force toward another in self-defense.

True False

6. For a self-defense shooting, the preferred aiming point is the largest center of exposed mass which in many cases is the center chest.

True False

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

True False

8. If you own firearms, you should have a complete understanding of the laws in your home state, specifically related to possession, storage, transportation and using a firearm for self defense.

True False

9. 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.

True False

10. 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

True False

11. Following a defensive shooting, a person is likely to experience elation and self-doubt.

True False

12. In the state of Minnesota, the shooting qualification to get your permit to carry a firearm, typically consists of firing 30 to 50 rounds of ammunition at two different distances into two targets.

True False

13. Select all the general body responses one may experience when in a deadly encounter.

Void bladder / bowel
Tunnel vision
Auditory exclusion
Time dilation
Adrenaline rush
Loss of fine motor skills
May experience non of the above

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.

True False

15. The element of "Jeopardy" exists when "Ability" and "Opportunity" exist and the attacker's actions and or words indicate he actually intends to carryout the deadly assault.

True False