1. 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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2. Components that make up the ammunition cartridge include: Bore, rifling and primer.
3. The levels of proof are: Mere suspicion, articulable suspicion, probable cause, preponderance of the evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt
4. A claim of self-defense requires that you be an innocent party and a reluctant participant in the altercation.
5. 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.
6. Do not rely on others to call 911 for you; call yourself so your call is documented (recorded) and to ensure facts are clear.
7. Reciprocity is what you have when states do not honor each others permit to carry a firearm.
8. 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.
9. Following a defensive shooting, a person is likely to experience elation and self-doubt.
10. Law enforcement can confront you with false physical evidence in an attempt to coerce you into incriminating yourself.
11. Depending on your jurisdiction, there are up to five elements of self-defense law:
If a prosecutor can disprove any of the five elements, your self-defense justification collapses.
12. 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.
13. With single action firearms, the trigger mechanism performs only one function, to release the hammer or striker.
14. After a self-defense shooting, remaining calm and in control will be important because it will set the tone for how others perceive you and how law enforcement officers interact with you.
15. 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.
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