by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 3, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use, News & Commentary
Good shoot: A brave dad armed with a pistol stopped what could have been a mass shooting Saturday inside an Alabama McDonald’s when he took down a masked gunman who had stormed in and opened fire. The unidentified father was leaving the establishment with...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 24, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use, News & Commentary
HALF!? This is far too great an omission to be accidental. This false report has been used to minimize the importance of carry (including at an “active shooter” class i took, given by an anti-CCW former cop). The utility of concealed carry is much higher...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 18, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training, News & Commentary
Amazing. After decades of advocating gun control “if it saves one life” while ignoring millions of defensive gun uses, the leftist media actually inks a headline braying that one cop — saved by an armed citizen who joined the fray —...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 23, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
Hopefully there was some justification for shooting in the head (other than “I didn’t train enough”): Investigators said it all started when the man’s wife pulled into their driveway Tuesday night. Then the two armed suspects jumped out and tried to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 3, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use, News & Commentary
Girl could barely hold on to tree, she was up so long (half hour before 911 called). Why didn’t the mother have her own AR, or a pistol? According to the frantic 911 call made by the teen’s mother, there was more than one alligator involved. The...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 21, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use, News & Commentary
More on the Tumwater incident: “As a volunteer firefighter I have received active shooter training,” George explained. “I was sure what I heard was gunshots.” Police say 44-year old Tim Day went on a shooting and carjacking spree. He tried to carjack a couple...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 19, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use, News & Commentary
A couple of weeks ago I took a class covering armed defense in carjackings: Advanced Tactical Handgun (or Driver’s Ed, Front Sight style). Two armed citizens were credited with taking action Sunday after a carjacking suspect went on a rampage in Washington...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 19, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use, News & Commentary
Just imagine, if they’d been carrying their guns instead of having to retrieve them from vehicles, a little girl might still have her colon intact, and another girl might still have use of her hand. Gun control hurts little girls. Juan Carlos Nazario, 35,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 19, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use, News & Commentary
Handgun Combat Webmaster? Sherman Hopkins Jr, 43, broke into the apartment of an internet entrepreneur in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, wearing pantyhose on his head, dark sunglasses, and brandishing a stolen handgun. He demanded that Ethan Deyo, 26, get on his computer...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 21, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use
School attack fizzles due to quick action by good guy with a gun: As school systems across the country debate arming staff, state and local officials praised the actions of the school resource officer who fired at a gunman at Great Mills High School. “He...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 21, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use
Not much detail but it does illustrate the effectiveness of AR for home defense: Three would-be robbers were shot and killed Monday when an Oklahoma homeowner’s son opened fire on them with an AR-15, authorities said. Story here.
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 27, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use
Officer Simon Drobik says that a 34-year-old good Samaritan, who is not being named since he has not been charged with a crime, saw the attack unfold and intervened. “Once he started walking up, he saw that there was a male violently pistol-whipping a female in...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 29, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Stephen Willeford was at his home on the morning of Nov. 5 when his daughter informed him of gunshots being fired at nearby Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church. A man had opened fire on worshipers and was murdering them in droves. Willeford, disregarding...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 23, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Shortly after 2 a.m., a 27-year-old man was pulling his vehicle into a back yard lot in the 9100 block of South Blackstone when another male approached and pointed a weapon, according to Chicago Police. The 27-year-old, who has a concealed carry permit, opened...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 23, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Religious Faith
Thomas Aquinas and his treatment of self-defense in his great work Summa Theologiae should be a part of any debate on use of lethal force in self-defense (online here): Question 64. Murder Article 7. Whether it is lawful to kill a man in self-defense? Objection 1. It...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 13, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
This and other examples of kids using guns in self-defense here.
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 9, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Starnes says the father isn’t facing charges and that he “really saved the day and protected a lot of people.” Story here.
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 27, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Another (yawn) mass shooting stopped by a good guy with a gun — this time at a Costco. Anyone else shop at Costco? Good people shop at Costco.
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 5, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
UPDATE: The Texas church shooter (who BTW preached atheism) was dishonorably discharged, had a history of domestic violence, so would seem to have been prohibited from possessing firearms. Bottom line, he criminally broke existing gun laws even before he murdered....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 24, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Usher had license to carry but no gun until he retrieved it from his car. If he had carried the gun on him, things might have turned out differently. Story here. Aaron said the usher, who has a valid carry permit, then went out to his car and retrieved his own...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Police said a 51-year-old man was walking in the Jackson Park neighborhood when the robber hit him in the head. Neighbors said the man told them he had been at an ATM up the street, and he had just withdrawn cash. He was walking home when the robber attacked....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
“The courtroom is a place of highly charged, highly emotional, highly sensitive cases,” said Raftery, who has written reports about weapons in courthouses. “It’s a two-pronged issue. There’s been an increase in judges who want to carry firearms, but more and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Abdalla became emotional and said, “The judge was shot in front of the courthouse and it affects me. It is an attempted murder on a judge.”Later today, he said, “Every judge should be armed today in America. Prosecutors need to be armed. It was a cold-blooded...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
The would-be robber reportedly grabbed the woman’s purse while it rested on her shoulder, at which point, the victim brandished a weapon she had stored inside. Source: Police: Robber tries to take woman’s purse, flees when 57-year-old shows gun at west...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 4, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Chinese food delivery driver shot at least one of three teens who police said set up the driver with the intent to rob him.Police said a group of three teens called in a Hot Wok Chinese order and had it delivered to a vacant home on...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 4, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
“There was four of them in a line … my son was third,” Clark said. “The bear came down the trail at them, fella in the front, who was his uncle, the bear was on him so quickly that he didn’t have time to take his rifle off his shoulder.”The bear ran through the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 9, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
A woman shot and killed an attempted robber Thursday afternoon after he and one other man tried to rob three people in her apartment. Source: Woman shoots, kills man trying to rob her | KSDK.com
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 9, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
Hard to be certain based on a short news account, and I am not very familiar with Louisiana law on self-defense. Perhaps due to its proximity to Texas it allows use of deadly force in some situations to protect property. But that is definitely not allowed in...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 9, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
I guess today is the day for reporting pharmacist DGU’s. Have to point out here that warning shots are almost NEVER a good idea and usually indicate a lack of training. Extremely reckless in an urban or suburban environment especially. Deputies say he...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 9, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
Why did the homeowner let the intruder get close enough to strike him in the head with a crowbar? Whether the crowbar was visible or not, DISTANCE IS YOUR FRIEND. That is the main reason God and Sam Colt gave us guns. LUCKY he got a shot off. LUCKY the thigh...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 8, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
APPLE VALLEY — An alleged armed robbery at a local pharmacy was foiled when one suspect was shot by the pharmacist Friday evening, authorities said, but a second suspect remains at large. Source: Alleged armed robber shot; second suspect still at...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 2, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Wednesday’s break-in happened around 1:00 a.m. This time Croft was home in his bed. A self-described light sleeper, Croft said he heard the two men break-in and soon found them inside his bedroom. The burglars ordered him to stay still. Instead he grabbed...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 2, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
The door quickly gave way, he said, and two men — dressed in all black, with hoods — rushed in. One was holding a two-foot metal pipe. A Marine veteran, Sant said he began scuffling with the men in the living room.VIDEOSNC Rolls Back ‘Bathroom Bill’...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 28, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 28, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Commonly used for defense — and sometimes even fired: Mahoney said the homeowner’s 23-year-old son shot the man and two boys with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle after they broke into the house, which is about two-thirds of a mile east of the Broken Arrow...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 16, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
Click play button to watch the video: My two cents is it was a good shoot, all around. The “buttocks shot” occurred almost exactly when the doors were opened to exit. Until then, it would not have been clear BG was withdrawing. But this does...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
You would think criminals would have learned by now to stay away from Kennesaw. A worker performing maintenance service for the business shot Yates in the chest, Cheatham said. Yates ran out of the restaurant and, minutes later, Kennesaw police got a call about...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 13, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
After this DGU (ok, it’s a Defensive Golfclub Use not a Defensive GunUse, but same basic idea) against a gator dragging him into the water, this golfer recognizes the importance of carry. “I guess a golfer should always keep a club in his hand,” Aarts...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
“This was perfect cooperation between law enforcement and the concerned community,” he said. “When the entire community is against you, you don’t stand a chance at criminal activity.” Source: Concerned citizen holds Lowcountry...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Camilo told the CBS affiliate that he felt the need to defend his family after the men pointed a gun at his brother. He said he has 29 security cameras installed at the deli. Source: Pistol-packing deli owner fires at robbers in gripping surveillance video | NJ.com...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
MANTECA (CBS13) – An alleged serial tire slasher was shot and killed by a neighbor who claims it was in self-defense. Source: Alleged Serial Tire Slasher Shot To Death By Neighbor In Manteca « CBS Sacramento
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Police said Ward didn’t make it far into a child’s bedroom because the mother, with her two kids inside, shot at Ward in self-defense.Covered in blood from shattering the bedroom window, police said Ward tried to break into several other homes in...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
She told police that she shot her personal firearm at an individual she believed was trying to break into her home. The woman was unsure if the bullet struck the individual, but said the person fled immediately after the shot was fired. Source: St. Joseph Woman...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 11, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training, News & Commentary
A New Jersey state trooper dispatched to the wrong home was justified in shooting the owner, who had grabbed his own weapons because he feared intruders were outside, authorities said Friday. Gerald Sykes, 76 at the time of the incident, was shot twice in the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 10, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
Grey issues here. Justified in presenting gun to stop beating of woman? Probably. Justified in shooting once suspect turns to attack him? Not the same disparity of force perhaps, but if suspect may have been able to obtain his gun. Jury will decide. Best we can...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 31, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Police said Kirton then forced the victim outside at gunpoint, but she was able to retrieve her personal gun to defend herself. Source: Winchester police: Armed robber recovering from wounds after
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 27, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
This article is marked Priority. Click the BELL ICON at the lower left of your screen to manage priority alerts (Chrome and Firefox only). More details are out on a recent story involving an armed Good Samaritan who saved a cop’s life. In my previous post, while...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 13, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Police contacted him there and the suspect was taken to the hospital for a gunshot wound to his arm. It was there, police say, that he admitted to the robberies. He allegedly told police that he targeted gas stations because “they are supposed to just...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Investigators said the suspect then got caught in a fight with a bystander, who was legally carrying a gun. The suspect attempted to grab the gun, when the bystander shot the suspect once in the right leg. Source: Bystander shoots suspected carjacker in...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Surveillance video from Dixie Gun and Pawn in Mableton, Georgia, shows the brief moments in which two suspects attempted to rob the shop at gunpoint last month before the owner opened fire on them. Source: Surveillance video released of gun shop robbery gone wrong...