1. 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.

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2. Police are not legally liable for failing to protect individual citizens, only the community at large.

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3. 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.

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4. In some but not all states, parents are legally liable for the actions of their children when it comes to firearms in the home.

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5. To "win" at self-defense, the only hurdle you need to clear is being cleared of criminal charges.

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6. Regarding the color codes of awareness, condition "blue" represents an attack is about to happen immediately.

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

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8. No matter what your level of training or how capable you believe yourself to be in handling stressful situations, you will experience, to a greater or lesser degree, a number of involuntary physiological changes during a serious defensive situation.

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9. In Minnesota, posted private establishments can prevent permit holders from carrying a firearm within their business.

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10. It is generally believed that the first person to call 911 is the victim.

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11. If you are attacked by someone with superior fighting skills, disparity of force can exist. The challenge is you must know your attacker possesses these skills at the time of the attack.

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12. Opportunity to cause great bodily harm or death nearly always exists with firearms.

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13. Reasonable force can best be described as the level of force proportionate to the level of unlawful force about to be utilized against the victim.

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

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15. 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.

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