by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 31, 2024 | Blog, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, WorldExaminer.com
Yet another mass knife has occurred in communist China, at a Wal-Mart in Shanghai. Three dead, fifteen injured. Attacker arrested. (Most mass attackers here in the US at least have the decency to attempt suicide as soon as they face any opposition.) Obviously, private...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 30, 2024 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use
A terrorist in central Israel near Glilot rammed his truck into a crowd of people at a bus stop, killing one, injuring 36, six seriously. The terrorist then emerged with a knife but before he could cause further injury he was killed by armed bystanders. Stories here...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 30, 2024 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
12-year-old boy saves father in Wisconsin bear attack by shooting the bear! Story here. Owen knew he had to do something to save his father’s life. “I saw him (the bear) knock him to the ground, and I just saw the black outline and shot over the dog’s back and hit the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 7, 2024 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Health Planning, Honor, Life
The Ninth Circuit panel in the May and Carralero (“May v Bonta”) sensitive places cases yesterday issued its opinion, written by Judge Graber (i promise to refrain from adding another b to her name), which, if not soon corrected by en banc ruling (either...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 1, 2024 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Life, News & Commentary
After correcting massive errors found in FBI reports, Dr John Lott reports that at least 35% of mass shootings from 2014 through 2023 were stopped by private armed citizens. (I’m intentionally using the term “mass shooting” even though the studies,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 1, 2024 | Blog, Firearm Legacy, Life, News & Commentary, WorldExaminer.com
The stream of reporting continues on knife attacks in gun free Europe. I don’t know if that’s because the frequency of these attacks has increased, or if this is just due to increased media attention, but it’s always interesting to note the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 16, 2024 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
Although most research finds that concealed carry reduces violent crime, several recent studies claim to show that concealed carry increases violent crime. In a new study linked here, Professors Lott and Moody analyze three possible causes for the supposed increase,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 5, 2024 | Blog, Firearm Legacy, Life, News & Commentary, WorldExaminer.com
Mass stabbing at Sydney shopping mall. Australia severely restricts the natural right to bear arms, and the result is what you would expect: six killed, many more injured. Stopped by a female police officer’s gun, but not in time to prevent horrific death and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 5, 2024 | Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Life
An 85-year-old Idaho mother, after an intruder apparently gave her a bloody strike in the head while she lay in bed and then handcuffed her to a chair in her living room, dragged herself (along with the chair) back into her bedroom to retrieve a .357 magnum revolver....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 4, 2024 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Honor, Life
Guns are synonymous with violent crime in the minds of many. Why? Constant anti-gun propaganda. People are brainwashed. The reality is that 92% of violent crime does not involve any use of firearms in the commission of the crime. Guns are what violent criminals fear...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 4, 2024 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
Despite all the leftist rhetoric against arming teachers, there has never been a school shooting at a school where armed teachers are allowed to carry a firearm for defense of themselves and students. This should not be surprising to anyone who follows mass attacks,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 3, 2024 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Life
[UPDATE: For some reason, this post still gets a ton of traffic. For an update on the federal preliminary injunction against SB2, you might want to click here.] Does California State Parks allow licensed concealed carry (CCW) of a firearm at state parks and beaches?...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 21, 2023 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life, News & Commentary, Pet Protection, Regulatory Compliance, Religious Faith
How does all of this make you feel about relying on politics and the courts to protect your family? How can the government be so fickle with your right to life? Maybe it’s time your family takes control, with a F.I.R.S.T. Family Trust? [GOOD NEWS 01/06/2024: On...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 12, 2023 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Life, Limitation of Liability, Regulatory Compliance, Venture Protection
After failure to pass a similar bill last year, Gov. Noisome recently signed into law SB2, which makes a concealed carry license more difficult and expensive to get, and basically worthless once you get it. But there is an upside for some: new opportunity zones for...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 11, 2023 | Blog, Bloodline Protection, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Honor, Life, Religious Faith, WorldExaminer.com
[UPDATE: Gun sales and license applications are now surging in Israel. Imagine that. Almost like LA, the day after a riot. Does the same thing happen with fire extinguishers?] Israel gun ownership is only 2%. By contrast, over half of Americans own guns. It is not a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 19, 2023 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Honor, Life, News & Commentary
[UPDATE: Sen. Graham warns that if there is no presidential immunity, Biden could be prosecuted for murder of girls recently raped by illegals.] New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham says Republicans should thank her for all the fundraising they are able to do as...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 17, 2023 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
John Lott’s Crime Prevention Research Center recently compiled evidence (here) showing that the FBI is massively understating the number of active shooter incidents that are stopped by private armed citizens. Dr Lott points to systemic reasons why this might be...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 25, 2023 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Admin, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Fortune, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Incapacity Planning, Life, News & Commentary, Probate Admin, Religious Faith, Trust Admin, WorldExaminer.com
Presentation by Attorney Dave Duringer clears up confusion over California Gun Trust Planning. What is a Gun Trust? Is a Gun Trust Effective? Is a Gun Trust Necessary? Is a Gun Trust Recommended? YES! Every California gun owner should have one! A regular trust might...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 29, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, WorldExaminer.com
RECENT SECOND AMENDMENT NEWS Black women who once hated guns are embracing them as violence rises. Story here. Errors in Associated Press, the Washington Post, and the New York Times articles on how rarely concealed carry permit holders stop active shooters. Story...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 18, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Honor, Life, News & Commentary, WorldExaminer.com
UPDATE: SB 918 is dead, for now at least. Do you take psych meds for anxiety or depression? You’ll be happy to hear Governor Noisome is about to sign SB 918 approving a fantastic “best of” list of choice mass shooting venues throughout California!...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 26, 2022 | Blog, Dying Embarrassed, News & Commentary, WorldExaminer.com
Breitbart reports: Japan has some of the most “restrictive” gun controls in the world – legal provisions that appeared not to prevent the assassination of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo at the hands of an apparent lone gunman on Friday. It was a homemade shotgun....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 17, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Life, News & Commentary
Federal law unconstitutionally bans the sale of handguns to adults less than 21 years of age. Yet this 22-year-old hero, Elisjsha “Eli” Dicken, was alone able to take out a mall attacker armed with a rifle, who had already killed three and injured two....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 13, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life, News & Commentary, Religious Faith, WorldExaminer.com
California just enacted AB 2571 to restrict the ability of gun owners to transmit gun culture to their kids. This blatantly unconstitutional act bans advertising that may attract minors to firearms and the penalties for violation are huge, up to $25,000 per...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 30, 2022 | Blog, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, GunLaw.Pro, Life, News & Commentary, WorldExaminer.com
The Supreme Court today (order list) issued “GVR’s” — granted certiorari, vacated judgment, and remanded to lower courts for reconsideration in light of NYSRPA v Bruen — in four cases that had upheld bans on open carry, magazines, and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 28, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Firearm Legacy, News & Commentary
If you have a California CCW, or if you have applied for one, then you were doxed yesterday and today by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and his merry band at DOJ. “Doxed” means a great deal of your personal, confidential information was released to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 27, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Firearm Legacy, GunLaw.Pro, News & Commentary
Last Friday, one day after the Supreme Court’s landmark NYSRPA v Bruen decision (analyzed fully here), California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta rushed out a bizarre letter offering inept guidance to various state officials involved in issuing concealed...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 27, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Fortune, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life, News & Commentary, WorldExaminer.com
Now that I’ve read the full majority opinion and concurrences, I have a few comments and predictions to make regarding NYSRPA v Bruen (I’ve omitted citations, so please just go to the actual opinion and use CTRL-F if you need to find something). I ignored...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 23, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Fortune, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life, News & Commentary, WorldExaminer.com
In a blockbuster decision released minutes ago, the Supreme Court of the United States has held with a solid 6-3 majority in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, that New York’s statutory restriction against bearing arms...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 1, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, News & Commentary, WorldExaminer.com
59% of Ukrainians who took part in a poll through the Dіia application are in favor of allowing all citizens to have a gun and carry it in public places. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov announced this on Facebook, Ukrainian...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 1, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, News & Commentary, WorldExaminer.com
This month, June of 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of NYSRPA v Bruen, will hold that you have a fundamental individual right to carry a firearm for self-defense outside of your home, in public. Not that you don’t already have that...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 28, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection
In Charleston, West Virginia, a woman licensed to carry a pistol used it to stop a man who was shooting up a high school graduation party. The man was speeding at an apartment complex and was asked by party attendees to slow down, because of kids nearby. Apparently...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 25, 2022 | Blog, News & Commentary, WorldExaminer.com
[UPDATE — POLL RESULTS: 59% of Ukrainians supported right to carry gun in public] The Ukrainian application “Diia” (digital documents and government services) launched a survey on the attitude of Ukrainians to the legalization of weapons for...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 25, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, News & Commentary
[UPDATE: If I’d have held off on posting a bit, the title might have been “Cops Kill 19 Kids and 3 Adults in Uvalde, TX”. So much info has come out putting cops in a bad light here, preventing not just parents entering but even preventing a border...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 11, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Good tidings from the Second Amendment Foundation: A three-judge panel for the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday struck down a California prohibition on sales of semiautomatic rifles to young adults in the 18-20-year-old range, remanding the case back...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 30, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Life, WorldExaminer.com
Since the drive-by terrorist shootings in Bnei Brak a couple of days ago, which killed five people and ended with the terrorist’s death in a gun battle with two police officers, one of whom was killed, Israel has decided to be more proactive in defending against...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 22, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Honor, Life, Religious Faith, WorldExaminer.com
Mass Shooting First, the mass shooting scenario: Would George Washington run to the fire? Or would he simply call 911 and run to safety? None of us can know in advance whether we will be capable and willing to deliver heroism in such a situation. We can assume our...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Honor, Life, News & Commentary, Religious Faith, WorldExaminer.com
Ukraine has replaced COVID in the news and it hits me personally because my wife’s entire family lives in eastern Ukraine. A nephew over there is like a brother to my daughter, due to the many summers she spent there as a child. Vigano Spreads False Russian...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 28, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, News & Commentary, WorldExaminer.com
It’s February 2022 and Ukraine has replaced SARS-CoV-2 as the focus of all news media. My wife is from Ukraine so for many years I blogged on Ukraine on my old World Examiner blog here. Recently I repurposed the WorldExaminer.com domain to point to a page on...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 17, 2022 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Fortune, Honor, Life
Want to stop COVID fast? You have bullets enough. In this post I’ll expand on a great article with a brilliant title, “The Pandemic of the Unarmed,” by Ian Underwood over at Granite Grok. In that article, prompted by Quebec’s plans to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 20, 2021 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
The City of Morro Bay has, by a unanimous 5-0 vote of its City Council, enacted Ordinance No. 644, mandating firearm storage effective next week starting October 28, 2021. The new law provides, in pertinent part: No person shall keep a firearm within a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2020 | Defensive Gun Use, News & Commentary
[For other examples of kids using guns in self-defense, click here.] Kyle is being charged, purely out of political expediency, despite ample video evidence of valid cause for self-defense in each of the three shootings. Kyle is a lifeguard who showed up to help...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 28, 2020 | Defensive Gun Use
Next time some politician says you should block your kids from accessing your firearms, even if trained, consider this: Deputies arrived and found an adult male with a gunshot wound to his lower back. Deputies learned that the subject that had been shot was...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 29, 2019 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training, FREE content, guntrust.org members
[The video of this shooting is disappearing from the internet so I am posting it for students — take advantage of my offer of virtually unlimited free firearm training for you and everyone at your California place of worship.] The shooting occurred today...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 22, 2019 | Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Training
I regret that i lack time to blog more Defensive Gun Use (DGU) stories, even some interesting ones, but i cannot let 2019 close without blogging this recent story about a woman eight months pregnant who used an AR-15 to defend her husband and 11-year-old...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 17, 2019 | Defensive Gun Use, News & Commentary
An attempted robbery suspect was shot to death after police say he beat a movie theater manager with a bat….. The manager reportedly pulled out a gun and shot and killed the man who was beating her. Story...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 7, 2019 | Defensive Gun Use
A 14-year-old girl fired a 9mm pistol at someone looking to break into her home, according to the Lawrence County Constable Association and confirmed by the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office. Story here. See our list of similar cases of kids using guns for...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 18, 2019 | Defensive Gun Use, News & Commentary
Not technically a defensive gun use, but kid commando gets even more bonus points for using close contact weapon: “You hit them in the back of the head with a machete?” the 911 operator asked after Braydon told the story. “Did you see if he was bleeding at...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 18, 2019 | Defensive Gun Use, News & Commentary
Trenton, MO, police officer Jasmine Diab, 24, a single mother of a five-year-old girl, was shot in the abdomen by a prisoner she was transporting. A small group of concerned citizens, one of whom was armed, was able to rescue the officer and subdue the suspect...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 3, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use
And these are just the ones picked up by media: Source: Sixty-seven defensive gun uses by people legally carrying guns in public over the past three months – Crime Prevention Research CenterCrime Prevention Research Center
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 3, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use
[UPDATE AND CORRECTION: The article linked below is incorrect — due to some very unclear media accounts. Apparently there was an armed white guy who failed to respond, but story here indicates it was another armed citizen, who happens to be BLACK, that actually...