1. 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.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. Which Amendment to the US Constitution provides that, "No person... shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself..."

7. When asked by a law enforcement officer if you are armed, in Minnesota you do not have to answer that question.

8. 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.

9. Travelers need to know the rules of the road before heading to another state with firearms.

10. 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.

11. There are valuable resources available to educate oneself on deadly encounters and the law. Select from the list all that would be considered appropriate training resources.

12. There are two types of handguns: Revolvers and short barrel rifles.

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

14. 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

15. 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.

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