by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 18, 2017 | Firearm Training, News & Commentary
After watching the video, I’d say the robbers are LUCKY: CCTV footage has been released showing two would-be robbers in Brazil picking on two Mormon missionaries from the US.Source: Unarmed Mormon missionary fights off Brazilian...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 16, 2017 | Archived, Firearm Training
[UPDATE: Yes, some of my fellow conservatives are low-information voters apparently, and blame me for spreading “fake news” — well, those of us who are involved seriously with firearm training and are capable of analyzing BS recognize there...
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 15, 2017 | Firearm Training
I heard about Czech Republic, but I didn’t realize Italy was permissive on concealed carry (relative to other EU countries). Good news. Time to visit Italy again.
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 | Mar 8, 2017 | Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 25, 2017 | Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Just a few notes from my recent private training at Front Sight last weekend, February 18th and 19th. I had hoped to DG and then aggressively plunge into my first foray in the tactical arena, but due to my feeling a bit under the weather, plus the actual weather...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 16, 2017 | Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2017 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Tax Planning
Tax savings aside, keep in mind that citizenship renunciants are not only prohibited from possessing firearms, but also are prohibited from hiring armed bodyguards. Why? It all goes back to the Civil War, and to a tax meant to deter potential draft dodgers from...
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 | Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Firearm Training
Some good tips in this article, though I cringe when I hear the term “dry fire” and recommend staying away from snap caps. The need for inexpensive practice and training can arise for many reasons. You may just be getting started and need time to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
I have to agree — not the Boy Scouts — especially with the newly transgendered Boy Scouts. I was an Eagle but never had firearm exposure in scouts, though many of the councils offer that now. (One of them, up north, retained me to help do some trust...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Firearm Training
Police on Wednesday released disturbing surveillance video showing a vicious sucker-punch that led to the death of a 64-year-old man in Queens. Source: Brutal sucker-punch leads to man’s death | New York Post
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
This is a hugely important case. It is of course logical that if we (families) have Second Amendment rights, we (families) have a right to train our kids. Because we certainly cannot depend on government schools to do that for us (too busy teaching the three...
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 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
I still have one of JPFO’s coloring books somewhere, but this looks much more serious at least in terms of graphics. Freelance graphic designer Sara Westman decided to create something she wanted: a firearm coloring book. Drawing on her experience as a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Firearm Training
Some states allow either concealed carry or open carry. Some medical facilities in Texas have signs posted stating that no one can carry into the facility either open or concealed. But in many of those facilities, there are internal policies allowing staff...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
It’s important to realize the controlled and engineered nature of our knife disarm practice methods. These training methods have value in the context of our overall development as aikidoka, but don’t be overconfident in your ability to get a disarm to work against an...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Hmmm… Here’s a list of twenty of them. Hope they realize two things.First, that they have become prohibited persons under the Gun Control Act (18 USC 922(d) and (g)(7) prohibit a person “who, having been a citizen of the United States, has...
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 12, 2017 | Archived, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, News & Commentary
Gun trust attorneys were warning of this outcome long before the Wilson case. Medical marijuana patients don’t have a Second Amendment right to own a gun, according to a federal appeals court decision that came down in August. Source: Even though marijuana is...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Firearm Legacy, News & Commentary
I think that’s the allure: the idea that if you have a gun, you can be in control rather than being at the mercy of someone else.Indeed, the moment I realized my position had changed came in the wake of a brutal rape-murder in my hometown of Lancaster....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 11, 2017 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
For those of you who routinely carry and are single, dating raises some interesting questions and challenges. In an effort to get to the bottom of the issue and find some solutions, two of our writers volunteered to collaborate on this article. Here’s the...
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 | Feb 10, 2017 | Business Succession, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Punishment, Religious Faith, Spendthrift Children
Good discussion of incentive trust planning: Many subjects that serve as substantial planning motivators aren’t found on client questionnaires and are frequently absent from planning discussions. Source: The Other Reasons For Estate Planning (Well actually, we...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 8, 2017 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Of course, the ultimate ease and effectiveness in shooting any gun and the resulting performance and accuracy are a blend of the shooter’s skills, thorough training, repetitive practice, and the gun itself. There is not one magic elixir nor a sole holy grail...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 6, 2017 | Firearm Legacy, News & Commentary
A leaked white paper by Ronald Turk, second in command at ATF, advocates cutting back gun regulations in a number of areas out of both respect for the Second Amendment and also improving the ATF’s mission of fighting crime. Among his many ideas are...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 31, 2017 | Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
I’m not all that concerned about this, actually. Pryor’s support of same sex marriage and transgender nonsense was a much greater threat to the Second Amendment than the apparent views of Gorsuch here. I may actually agree with Gorsuch on this. The...
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 14, 2017 | Business Succession, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Venture Protection
[bctt tweet=”.@realdonaldtrump: You’ll say Mr. Pres we win #2A much, can’t take it & I’ll say #MAGA” username=”guntrust”] Trump’s legacy of winning is motivational for any individual, family, business or country....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 13, 2017 | Firearm Training
Best way to understand the need is to take training that involves skills tests under time pressure, like at Front Sight.
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 13, 2017 | Firearm Training
Most of these techniques are taught at Front Sight and that is the safest way to learn them. All drills set forth in this article should be practiced numerous times “dry” with an unloaded and cleared firearm before “going hot” and conducting the exercises with...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 13, 2017 | Firearm Training
You and your physician understand best what type of exercise you can do so ultimately all these recommendations are simply that – our best ideas on what types of workout improve CCW abilities. Source: Does Exercise Improve Concealed Carry? – USA...
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 | Firearm Training
This is why you do not entrust your safety to inexperienced local trainers who cut corners on safety either because they don’t know any better, or because they have to distinguish themselves in the marketplace through some new, unorthodox technique. This...
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...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 12, 2017 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
This is bully, though it may not survive amendments. Many gun owners in states that use a “may issue” permitting process, such as California or New Jersey, are not able to obtain concealed carry permits from their home state—even if they’ve passed a background...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 12, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Punishment, Religious Faith
And don’t forget it also bars you from possessing a firearm, under at least federal law. Marijuana does raise the risk of getting schizophrenia and triggers heart attacks, according to the most significant study on the drug’s effects to date....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
But apparently misses so she gets a Mo. It does not appear the suspect was hit by the gunfire, and the suspect fled the scene. It was not immediately known if the suspect left the area on foot or in a vehicle. Source: Phoenix woman shoots at burglar coming...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
“The complainant is actually armed, and he has a valid permit to carry,” said Stanford. “At some point he pulls out that firearm. And he fired several shots, striking the male.” Source: Armed man shoots alleged attacker in Olney |...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 12, 2017 | Archived, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy
[bctt tweet=”NRA files for Supreme Court review of Peruta #2A case” username=”guntrust”] Petition for writ of certiorari filed today (last possible day). Read all 302 pages here. Then comment below please. Personally, I think open carry has...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
I have a Front Sight Commander membership waiting for this Good Samaritan, if someone can have him contact me soon. Great job! My only criticism (and it is tough to state any) would be that he had to go back to his car to retrieve his gun. We should always be carrying...