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 | May 31, 2018 | Firearm Training
Here are a few notes from my recent couple of days at Front Sight — private training going over tactical handgun basics in preparation for Advanced Tactical Handgun (leaving for that class today). Shane is a great instructor (most Front Sight instructors...
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 | Feb 9, 2018 | Dying Embarrassed, Firearm Training, Horror Stories, News & Commentary
According to an LA Times article here, a top local realtor figured prominently in the recent Laguna Woods shooting: CBS2/KCAL9’s Stacey Butler spoke with Jennifer Heflin, who said the shooting was prompted in part by an argument over remodeling plans. Heflin,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 25, 2018 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Legacy is ninety percent training. What could be more important, under the American concept of ordered liberty, than a family with a legacy of firearm training? We’ll focus on this topic at our Family Protection Clinic (aka estate planning seminar) lunch meeting on...
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 29, 2017 | Archived, Firearm Training
Apparently a recent policy change has some alarmed: A miscommunication on an Orange County Sheriff’s Department web page sparked a small panic in one of the county’s fastest-growing clubs — people who hold concealed weapons permits. The web page, entitled “CCW...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 28, 2017 | Archived, Firearm Training
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 26, 2017 | Firearm Training
If you shoot through car doors, Critical Duty may be just the thing for you: With their Critical Defense line of ammunition, the engineers at Hornady realized that most citizens looking for ammunition for their concealed handguns aren’t likely to be shooting...
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 23, 2017 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
From NRA-ILA: With 42 states and the District of Columbia now recognizing the Right-to-Carry, California’s retrograde may-issue Carry Concealed Weapon licensing regime is atypical. However, a recent state audit of three of California’s CCW license issuing...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 21, 2017 | Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Firearm Training, Tax Planning
The expected new Tax Cut and Jobs Act (not the official title anymore, but i’m sticking with it) doubles the applicable exclusion amount for estate tax but reverts to current law on January 1, 2026. That sunset provision reminds me of this funny old video...
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 10, 2017 | Archived, Firearm Training
Now approved by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department to provide training for the California license to Carry a Concealed Weapon (CCW), we have set January 20 as the date for our inaugural class and, as with all of the firearm training we offer, this class is...
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 24, 2017 | Dying Embarrassed, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Horror Stories
I would hope most people by now know that the Texas church massacre was stopped by a good guy with a gun, Stephen Willeford, and that the gun he used to stop the attack was the oft-maligned AR-15. Some on the Left are so crazy they actually say Willeford should...
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 | Oct 3, 2017 | Firearm Training
A few brief comments on the horrific attack in Vegas — brief because so early in a shooting like this, there is a lot of false reporting. For example, it was initially reported that Vegas police broke through Paddock’s door just ten minutes into the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 2, 2017 | Firearm Training
Seems like everyone these days is hawking self-defense products, and not all of these salesmen are friendly toward gun rights. The sad reality is that many of these purveyors of pepper spray are pacifist-aggressive, anti-gun activists, intent on spreading propaganda...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 26, 2017 | Firearm Training
Story here. Videos are rather shocking to watch. Granted, the officer did not have much time to react and may have confused the item taken from his belt (which does appear to be a magazine) for something more lethal or perhaps the officer didn’t realize...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 24, 2017 | Firearm Training
We may soon see some local progress for right to carry at least in terms of our local board of realtors, Orange County Association of Realtors, mentioning in its safety training classes the possibility of using guns for self-defense. Doesn’t sound like much, I...
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 31, 2017 | Archived, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
UPDATE: I initially had concerns about Barnes (as you can see below) and initially supported Harrington because Harrington seemed more of a purist on 2A, but as I mentioned in several calguns.net posts back in the primary, I changed my mind. This was due in large part...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | Firearm Training
U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report National Crime Victimization Survey Victimization During Household Burglary September 2010 NCJ 227379 Shannan Catalano, Ph.D., BJS Statistician...
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 | Aug 26, 2017 | Firearm Training
Not far from my office. Rats do indeed travel in packs, apparently — I count nine. Hard to watch this and favor limits on magazine capacity:
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 20, 2017 | Firearm Training
If I had a parrot, it would say “Stop right there! Stop or I’ll shoot!” Martin Duram’s ex-wife, Christina Keller, has said that after the slaying, the pet parrot, Bud, repeated “don’t (expletive) shoot” in Martin Duram’s voice. Keller took...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 15, 2017 | Estate Admin, Estate Planning, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Trust Admin
I am often asked by professional fiduciaries whether they need to have a Firearm Safety Certificate (FSC) for the work they do. Professional fiduciaries are subject to the same penal code as lay fiduciaries so the answer is yes, generally, fiduciaries (whether...
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 | Dying Embarrassed, Firearm Training
Some collect, some train. But Bernstein was hit by tragedy in 2012 when his wife was killed at their rifle range while filming a Discovery Channel reality show. Terry died when she was hit by two smoke bombs travelling at 150mph while being used to create a...
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 | Jun 28, 2017 | Dying Embarrassed, Firearm Training, Horror Stories, News & Commentary
Some people should not have guns. She said Ruiz also “had plenty of guns. He liked guns.” Source: Minnesota woman charged with killing boyfriend in video stunt – StarTribune.com
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 23, 2017 | Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Federal law does not restrict individuals from transporting legally acquired firearms across state lines for lawful purposes except those explicitly prohibited by federal law to include convicted felons; persons under indictment for felonies; adjudicated...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 29, 2017 | Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
This is a solemn day of mourning, and remembrance of those brave souls who fought and died in service of our country. It is also a day to joyfully celebrate their legacy, enriched by their spent blood. What is legacy? To many it means only money, but an...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 26, 2017 | Firearm Training
The CPRC tracks permit numbers across the country and publishes an annual report on concealed carrying in the United States. As of late last year, the number of Americans with carry permits hit the 15 million mark, and the current estimate of permittees is at...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 26, 2017 | Firearm Training
Sometimes you might be able to identify a suicide bomber before he detonates. Here’s what to look for: – Clothing that is bulky or excessive for the weather (to hide the bomb) – Hands hidden (possibly holding the switch to detonate the bomb)...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 26, 2017 | Firearm Training
Both cops and armed citizens need to be aware of the fact that if we choose to take a shot against a terrorist wearing a bomb vest or belt, we should alter our traditional target areas. If we shoot for the body, we will likely create the very type of explosion...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 16, 2017 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 15, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Punishment, Religious Faith
Some families construct a legacy of memories and real estate, say by buying a vacation property that is held in a trust or other structure so it is equally owned by all heirs. “That keeps it intact for at least another generation and ensures that it is not...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 15, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Punishment, Religious Faith
Great article. Personally, I call my practice “family protection” law and the author appears to be on the same page as me. In its most fundamental state, estate planning should support the family (or the individual) first, and thereafter concern...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 12, 2017 | Firearm Training, News & Commentary
The state Division of Workers’ Compensation website showed Anderson had filed two cases alleging he was hurt between Dec. 1, 2012, and Oct. 14, 2014, while working for Cushman & Wakefield Inc. Records showed he said he had injured his head, neck, arm, back and...