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1. Using excessive force to defend yourself could result in criminal charges.

2. According to the National Rifle Association, more than 2 million assaults are prevented each year by making a potential attacker aware that the would-be victim is carrying a firearm.

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

4. UAPDI is authorized by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to certify individuals so that they may teach the Minnesota Permit to Carry class?

5. You cannot claim self-defense if the shooting was an accident or a mistake.

6. 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.

7. The line between reasonable force and excessive force is very thin where no buffer zone exists.

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

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

10. Self-defense is not an affirmative defense.

11. AOJ-P is short for Ability, Opportunity, Jeopardy and Preclusion. If all four elements are satisfied, the use of deadly force is generally authorized. The AOJ-P analysis is used to identify a real threat and imminence of the danger being faced.

12. 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

13. After defending yourself with a firearm outside your home, select the option(s) that you should NOT do or say when the police arrive.

14. 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.

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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