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 10, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Health Planning
Egypt and China are two big reasons to put some planning into how your agents decide to “pull the plug” — what does your advance health care directive say? CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has uncovered a network accused of illicit international...
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 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Why belief in God is necessary for taking oaths "So help me God." Why has the tradition in America been for oaths to end with "So help me God"? The military's oath of enlistment ended with "So help me God." The commissioned officers' oath ended with "So help me...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 9, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Have the cleverness to understand that political arguments are really questions about religion and morality, which are ultimately questions about God. So don’t be afraid once you detect the real issue to go straight to that issue and ask a pointed question.Are...
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 8, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection
A new website is keeping track of radical leftist professors; mainstream media and academia are having a fit: And it’s REALLY not common sense, according to a growing roster of anguished media accounts, to aggregate a list of online news stories about academics...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 8, 2017 | Asset Protection, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Health Planning
This woman is an inspiration, leaving a rich legacy of charity. But note part of the reason she is able to do this: Finances aren’t a worry: A long-term disability policy she invested in provides 70 percent of her wages; Guy Morrison continues to work as a physical...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 6, 2017 | Asset Protection, Charity, Estate Planning, Tax Planning
Interesting speech below on crucial importance of philanthropy, even for national defense:
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 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Another bad celebrity legacy, and we haven’t even heard from probate court yet. The star’s uncle killed himself the day Michael was born in 1963, with his heartbroken grandad committing suicide soon after, and the singer lived in fear of history...
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 3, 2017 | Family Protection, News & Commentary
In late September, Trump Jr. gave an interview to an American silencer company called SilencerCo, in which he — like my friend — pointed out that when he shoots in Europe, the guns he uses are almost invariably silenced. “It’s about safety,” he said. “If you...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 3, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
The so-called U.S. Golden State, California, can now add one more progressive action to its list of legal shenanigans including California’s illegal-alien sanctuary cities, transgender toilet regulations, and anti-American education curriculums. Starting on New...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 2, 2017 | Asset Protection, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Retirement Planning, Spendthrift Children, Tax Planning
While it’s important that charities and their staff understand how to match various tools, such as charitable remainder trusts (CRTs), charitable lead trusts (CLTs), charitable gift annuities and other gift plans with the needs of their donors, which may...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 2, 2017 | Asset Protection, Charity, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family Protection, Income Tax, Tax Planning
Wealthy families can now transfer wealth to children and grandchildren at a transfer tax discount of up to 50 percent, while receiving up to a 50 percent current charitable income tax deduction—all while avoiding tax on the subsequent sale of appreciated...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 2, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection
Grant writing expert Dr. Drew has solid conservative credentials — I should know, I ran with him on a tea party slate for Central Committee. I’ll bet things will certainly change for those promoting climate fraud. Trump’s stunning win will...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 2, 2017 | Asset Protection, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Health Planning
On Dec. 13, 2016, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act (H.R.34 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)). Section 5007 of the Act, titled “Fairness in Medicaid Supplemental Needs Trusts” incorporates language from the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 2, 2017 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Retirement Planning
“From triple X leveraged products to Vanguard, Millennials have shown they favor the extremes in terms of their growing ETF usage,” said Bloomberg Intelligence ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas. “However, when it comes to calling the Trump rally,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 2, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection
Picking a low-cost school isn’t the only way. Source: 10 Ways to Cut the Cost of College And don’t forget that college planning should also be part of your estate plan — go to http://Protect.LIFE to arrange a free estate plan design meeting...
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 28, 2016 | Business Succession, Buying or Selling a Closely Held Business, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Venture Protection
(Get your parents into our free 2-hour estate plan design meeting.)
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 25, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
See SacredHonor.US for ideas on transmitting values to your descendants. one of the four Cardinals of the dubia has said, “Whoever thinks that persistent adultery and the reception of Holy Communion are compatible is a heretic and promotes schism.” Source: Dubia...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 24, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Religious Faith
President-elect @realDonaldTrump: "We're going to start saying 'Merry Christmas' again!" pic.twitter.com/kzpTKri4sp— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 10, 2016
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 24, 2016 | Family Protection, Religious Faith
Most of these famous women went public about their terminations. Source: 40 Brave Stars Who Went Public With Their Abortion Stories (Slide #1) – Stars
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 | Business Succession, Buying or Selling a Closely Held Business, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith, Venture Protection
Merry Christmas: Two-thirds of Democrats (66 percent) said stores or business should greet customers with “Happy Holidays” or “Seasons Greetings” instead of “Merry Christmas” out of respect for people of different faiths. Two-thirds of Republicans (67 percent) said...
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 24, 2016 | Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Liberalism is a mental disorder, and really has no place in the education of your child. What do you PLAN to do about it? American families can seize power again with their estate plans, if they care enough to do so. “Have you ever wondered what it really means to be...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 24, 2016 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Protection
All good points, if you can ignore the liberal hogwash in Point 3. Here are a few lessons on working with high net worth clients to think about while you watch all of the classic Christmas movies. Source: Ten High Net Worth Lessons From Christmas...
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 | Family Maintenance, Family Protection, News & Commentary, Religious Faith
Good luck, Chuck: Prince Charles, who will become the supreme governor of the Church of England when he succeeds his mother Queen Elizabeth II, often speaks out about the plight of Christian minorities in the Middle East. But he has long said he wants to be seen as a...
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, Health Planning
A reminder that dementia is progressive and at times accompanied by long periods of lucidity. Get any necessary estate planning done as soon as possible and of course, include a health care directive — which you can get free by attending our free estate planning...
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 | Family Protection, Religious Faith
Check out http://SacredHonor.us and get started on a plan to carry on values important to your family. Vandals are targeting nativity scenes across the country, most recently with thrashed figurines in Pennsylvania and reports of baby Jesus abductions in Tennessee and...
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...