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...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 10, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Sad but useful reminder that a gun is not a magical talisman warding off evil. A gun is useless without training in how to use it, or not use it. Dad gets a Mo for leaving his three kids fatherless. The suspect, whose identity has not yet been released, approached the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 10, 2017 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
A sad sight: Americans running for their lives The great Robert Ripley, "Mr. ‘Believe-it-or-Not,'" told us that no two people have ever seen the same rainbow! Interesting explanation – unless you're standing inside the person watching with you, with your eyes...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 10, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Filing this under DGU may be a bit generous of me. Old Texan gets a “Mo” as far as I’m concerned. Firing as they flee…striking rear window of truck several times…not good. Then again, this is Texas. The homeowner, whose name has...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 9, 2017 | Firearm Training
The photo below is NOT from one of our classes: Yikes! In the comments below, post the first thing that comes to mind about the photo above.
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 9, 2017 | Firearm Training
If you’ve ever wondered about the viability of shooting to wound, let any ideas about the viability of doing so be hereby dispelled. If you must shoot, shoot to stop the threat – if that means your assailant dies, they die, and if they live, they live. If a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 9, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
A woman twice scared off a burglar by pulling out a knife and then a gun, but New Orleans police say eventually the suspect, Deangelo Adams, came back with his own gun. Source: New Orleans woman scares off burglar by picking up knife first, then...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 9, 2017 | Archived, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, News & Commentary
The proposed regs, submitted 12/30/2016, can be viewed here. DOJ claims an exemption as a result of specific language in the recently enacted “assault weapon” law regarding the registration process. As enacted, the law requires DOJ to create regulations...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 9, 2017 | Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 5, 2017 | Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 5, 2017 | Firearm Training
Below, a possible alternative to the Harries (illustrated above) flashlight technique: Again (as with the decocker), many of these alternative methods arise because gun owners are not getting the training they need (and usually only affordable at Front Sight...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 5, 2017 | Firearm Training
CZ’s argument in favor of the decocker may in fact apply to most shooters, but certainly does not apply to Front Sight students, who generally do have the necessary skill to carry cocked and locked after one or two classes. As Col. Jeff Cooper said, the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 5, 2017 | Firearm Training, News & Commentary
[bctt tweet=”If you have training, you access it with adrenaline. If you lack training, you panic.” username=”guntrust”] Free Front Sight membership to the hero if he contacts me, and is not already a member. In firearm training, we like...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 4, 2017 | Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Religious Faith
The Constitution secures your freedoms as an American.Understand it like never before in Hillsdale College’s free online course. The U.S. Constitution is the key to securing liberty for all Americans — yet very few know exactly what it says, and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 4, 2017 | Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
YOUNG people are clueless when it comes to basic survival skills such as tying a knot or sparking a fire from scratch, according to research. Source: Millennials lack basic survival skills, research shows | UK | News | Daily Express
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 2, 2017 | Asset Protection, Career Preparation, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Religious Faith
A truly nerdy advisor with too much time on his hands put this together. Why nothing on Star Trek TOS? In preparation for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” here are 15 lessons from the film series to help you be a financial planning Jedi. Source:...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 24, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Tell the kids to be big and loud? Carry a stick? Ridiculous! Better train those kids to carry and keep them close until they can. “We told the children to be careful when they’re out and be aware,” Mines told ABC7 News. “And to carry a stick or...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 24, 2016 | Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Good collection of data: The United States’ gun violence in global context. Source: 13 Charts Put America’s Gun Violence in Perspective
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 24, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Filing this away for some future good cause statement. My office is on Mill Creek, a small street, and the address in the article appears to be a typo as there is no “2300 block”. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was our building as it is dimly lit at...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 24, 2016 | Firearm Training
Interesting discussion on why women seem to be initially attracted to purse carry despite the drawbacks (search this blog for all the tragedies involving children, here for example), and how training helps them accept on-body carry. Attend our free estate...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 23, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Training, News & Commentary, Religious Faith
WASHINGTON (CBS) — Federal authorities warned Friday that Islamic State of Iraq and Syria sympathizers “continue aspirational calls for attacks on holiday gatherings, including targeting churches.”The bulletin was issued by the FBI and Department of Homeland...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 23, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
No one can argue with Jerry Miculek on speed or competition shooting. But for real world defensive carry, I’ll stick with modified weaver. First, I see a possible safety issue with placing the support hand index finger in front of the trigger guard. Second, he...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 23, 2016 | Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Can you point out all the safety violations here? Use the facebook comments below. On the range, EVERYONE is in charge of safety, and everyone in this video should have yelled STOP! that is, if they were doing their after action drills and saw the threat. There are a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 23, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
You can get a free voucher (worth $2000!) to attend Front Sight’s famous FOUR-DAY defensive handgun course simply by attending our free estate planning seminar, offered weekly. Learn the latest developments in basic and advanced estate planning, including how to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 22, 2016 | Career Preparation, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
While the Sunshine State prohibits carrying concealed guns on college and university campuses, a historic private college has teamed with a local sheriff in a first of its kind program to arm faculty.Southeastern University joined the Polk County Sheriff’s...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 22, 2016 | Archived, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
The new policies streamline the process for obtaining concealed weapons permits. They require applicants to fill out application forms online instead of visiting the sheriff’s office. New applicants must still come to the sheriff’s office for an interview, but...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 15, 2016 | Archived, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy
There is good reason to be happy after the election. Happy Bill of Rights Day!
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 14, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“I actually saw the little boy fly through the air. It sounded like somebody hit a garbage can,” Danielle Lester said by phone Tuesday. Danielle Lester ran over and stood in front of the car to keep Gunnarson from leaving. “He was revving his engine and bumping...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 13, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“They started running away until I pulled my firearm on them and put them on the ground,” he said.With his pistol trained on one of the suspect, who then complied. “The firearm made them pretty submissive,” Vangen said. “As far as...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 13, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 12, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Three people who were sitting at the park were approached by two male subjects, at approximately 9:29 p.m., at the Plantation Multi-Cultural Park, located at 460 N.W. 43rd Ave. Police said that was when the subjects tried to have a conversation with them before...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Nice try, no cigar: A masked gunman who was shot in the groin by a retired NYPD detective working at a Garfield tobacco store Thursday night was identified Friday as a registered sex offender from Hasbrouck Heights. Source: NYPD Retiree Shoots Garfield Tobacco Shop...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Surprised that he wasn’t charged — deserves a “Mo” as he should have withdrawn (no mention of saving any occupants), and who knows where all those rounds landed: The man came home around 12:45 p.m. and found two strange vehicles in his...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Detectives said the dead man, identified as Julnord Vilsaint, 36, had approached three individuals who were barbecuing in front of their residence.Police said Vilsaint pointed a firearm toward the three individuals and demanded that they turn over their...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 8, 2016 | Archived, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Most likely this is great for gun rights. Just about every Marine I know is solidly in favor of widespread citizen carry. Soon we will have a voice at the cabinet level for the viewpoint expressed a few years ago by Interpol’s chief that armed citizens...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
This happened at a store location, but there have been so many cases over the years of pizza delivery employees defending themselves against robbers, only to be terminated later by employers, that I suppose it is a good sign of progress that corporate is leaving the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 5, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Congratulations, Lilly: Or, in the immortal words of British Army officer Charles Stedman: “The people of the colonies are accustomed to the use of fire-arms from their earliest youth, and are, in general, good marksmen. Such men, placed in a house, behind a wall, or...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
It’s nice when these struggles turn out ok, and in fact at least one study shows that victims disarm attackers more often than vice versa, but you cannot count on winning this way, so I am giving this homeowner a “Mo” for not being properly...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
In spite of the apparent good result here, I’m giving the elderly homeowner a “Mo” mainly because he used a gun that he had never fired before, that had been sitting in his nightstand for 30 years. What a horrible example of intentional incompetence!...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 3, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
Despite the somewhat good outcome, I’m giving this carrier a “Mo” because despite “having the drop on” these robbers by observing them and affirmatively entering the store to intervene (all OK, as far as I can tell on these facts), the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 3, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 2, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Gets a “Mo” because he didn’t have the weapon on him. If he were to present to the ready, earlier in the scenario, firing may not have been necessary. Perhaps the homeless guy was drunk and merely defending his “home” and a life...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 2, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
“This election changed politics in this country in a way that it hasn’t been changed in our lifetime.” — David Keene
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 1, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Several problems here — she gets a Mo. If she was home alone, why was she not carying her husband’s gun — better yet, her own gun? Also, firing at the attacker as he was running away is questionable, though perhaps justified since the attacker...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 1, 2016 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Recently the California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms sent out a notice to California firearms dealers with information regarding the recently passed “assault weapon” legislation, SB 880 and AB 1135. Persons who are wanting to acquire a firearm...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 1, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
Cops in Central America get a lesson in the Tueller Drill. Distance is your friend!
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 1, 2016 | Archived, Firearm Training, News & Commentary
Mattis is author of a phrase I’ve often heard repeated throughout the carrying community: “Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he has chosen retired Marine Gen. James N....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 30, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Deputies said shots were fired by an armed employee of the Xtreme Internet Cafe. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the suspect grabbed a patron and dragged her out of the store, using her as a human shield. Source: Shots fired during robberies at Citrus...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 29, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“The two male robbers apparently told the employees and the customer to get on the ground. They began pistol-whipping the customer. At that point, the customer produced a handgun and shot both of the robbers,” Bartorilla told reporters just before midnight...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 29, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training