by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 5, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Esolen recently penned two articles at Crisis magazine, the first in which he laments that his school – like many – has “succumbed to the totalitarian diversity cult.” Esolen observes that the “celebrate diversity” culture crowd is “at odds with…the diversity...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 5, 2016 | Asset Protection, Business Succession, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Venture Protection
Family businesses spend an extraordinary amount of time and capital (financial, human and intellectual) on skill building and education within the family system. Rising members of the family system must master many different skills. Some of these skills can be...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 5, 2016 | Career Preparation, News & Commentary
University of California Hastings College of the Law Dean Faigman has called out the Bar as a “trade association that masquerades as a state agency” and keeps bar exam pass rates unconscionably low. When I attended Hastings in the eighties, it was...
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 2, 2016 | Asset Protection, Career Preparation, Family Protection
As higher-education prices continue to rise steadily across the country, parents face the challenge of covering these costs as their kids head to college.A growing number of families have been turning to college loans to ease the financial pinch.Here are 12...
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 | Asset Protection, Charity, Estate Planning, Tax Planning
The PF excise tax provision would collapse the current two-tier tax—some pay 2 percent and some pay 1 percent on investment income—to a straight 1 percent tax. Here’s how it goes. PFs are required to pay a 2 percent excise tax on investment income every year....
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 30, 2016 | Family Protection, News & Commentary
Liberal CEO making feel-good statement of no consequence: par for the course. Anger should be directed at the armed citizen for failing to get the training or use the care necessary to carry responsibly. Another reason open carry is better than concealed carry...
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
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 28, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training, News & Commentary
Mainstream media widely broadcast news today of a mass shooting at Ohio State, but it turns out the crazed “shooter” (who, it turns out, is a Somali refugee) attacked only with his car and a butcher knife. (ISIS recently called for random knife attacks.)...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 27, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Police say two men with a knife tried to rob a 27-year-old man, but the victim defended himself with a .22 caliber handgun. The man thought he did not hit anyone, but an hour after the incident, police say a man who ran from the scene went to the hospital with...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 27, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro
[UPDATE: For the last three years (since August 2016) I have not generally recommended the lifetime funding of gun trusts in California. Passage of AB 1292 in July 2019 has significantly enabled and clarified use of gun trusts — however, there are limits under the new...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 26, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
Hmmm. Did she open fire as they ran away, or immediately after handing over her purse? Story is unclear. Could make a big difference. As the robbers ran away, the female victim got out her own gun and opened fire. The suspects returned fire.Amazingly, no one...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 26, 2016 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection
The real Florence Henderson also had a blended family — she got divorced and remarried after some 30 years in a marriage that produced four kids. Blended families (extant or future, through remarriage) are extremely common and good, comprehensive estate...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 26, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
A 26-year-old female victim at the scene suffered multiple stab wounds. Officials said Sunday night that she was in stable condition at WakeMed ICU after undergoing surgery for her injuries.A second man, 26, who police say fired shots that killed Davidson, was...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 26, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Hiding your gun in the car so your kids don’t have access to it is, in of itself, a recipe for disaster. You can get a custom concealed compartment installed into your vehicle that’s operated by a keypad or a key FOB but even that’s just an expensive delay to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 25, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Warning shots are almost always a bad idea, but apparently they worked here. Better to present the weapon with convincing demeanor and give verbal warning. Fortunately, it appears no bystanders were injured. Metro police told News 2 the victim was robbed as she was...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 25, 2016 | Asset Protection, Family Protection
Asset protection, family protection — have you noticed there is quite a bit of crossover? Often in groups of up to 15 people, the bandits burst into a store, make a beeline to the lucrative goodies and quickly pillage the shelves. (High-end jeans and cosmetics...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 25, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
TULSA, Oklahoma – Tulsa Police said a woman shot a man when he went inside her apartment Saturday night. Detectives said the woman was on the phone with 911 when she shot the man after he broke into her apartment at the Comanche Park Apartments near 36th...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 25, 2016 | Archived, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy
Gun shows still have a future at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.The board of the 22nd District Agricultural Association, which runs the state-owned Del Mar Fairgrounds, discussed the Crossroads of the West Gun Show and heard from both supporters and opponents at the Nov. 15...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 24, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
The boyfriend allegedly told authorities that he told Savell that if someone is told to leave their property three times, she is to get the gun and shoot it at the ground. If that doesn’t work, she’s supposed to shoot them in the leg. Source:...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 24, 2016 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection
This Thanksgiving as your dolloping butter and gravy all over your turkey, which was killed so that you may eat it, if a liberal family member or friend chimes in with something inane about white privilege, Islam, global warming or how butter is going to kill you,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 23, 2016 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 23, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 19, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Burglar parks car on Easy Street, ventures “up the river” (Rivers Ave) to break into a jewelry business, but fails, returns to his car on Easy Street but notices security cameras at a nearby house, then breaks into that house in order to take out the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 19, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Howard Stern speaks same language as Donald Trump, when it comes to national reciprocity dammit. Howard Stern applauded President-elect Donald Trump’s policy which would give concealed carry permit holders from every state the right to carry legally in any other state...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 19, 2016 | Asset Protection, Business Succession, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Venture Protection
When conflict arises between family and business goals, the natural inclination to minimize it can lead to a pattern of dysfunctional communication and greater conflict. The common practice of triangulation rarely leads to resolution of underlying issues and can be...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 19, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Good result granny, but why was your pistol unloaded? Were you not carrying it? Just as Elaine Stiehl, 78, was about to take her nap, she heard a noise coming from the front of her home, Coweta County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Col. James Yarbrough said.Stiehl...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 19, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
In a prior post I used the Cascade Mall shooting to point out that concealed carry CAUSES gun free zones. A few days ago I heard about this despicable sheriff, who “sticks by his guns” (i.e., stupid policy against off-duty carry) even after experiencing...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 19, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Nice when this happens, and at least one study shows victims disarm attackers more than the other way around, but it’s a lot better to have a gun on you, isn’t it? Police said a 39-year-old man and his girlfriend were sitting at their 1400 E. Morris...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 19, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
The News reports that Ahasan “encouraged the crowd to stop Trump by any means,” just as the event flier indicated, then they quote him saying, “Exercise your Second Amendment right. Let’s make the NRA regret giving us the right to bear arms.” Source: Paper –...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 19, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Apparently the son (age unknown) disarmed the intruder and shot the intruder in the face with the intruder’s own gun: According to an arrest warrant, Leonard Trevino was under a flight of stairs at a home in the 700 block of Virgin Oak when the family heard...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 19, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Tragedy in gun-grabber paradise: CHICAGO, Nov. 19 (UPI) — The 15-year-old grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis was shot in the head and killed Friday, possibly in a dispute over gym shoes.Chicago police said Jovan Wilson was in his home in Englewood when two armed...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 15, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 15, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
The passerby, who had a Concealed Weapons License, exited his vehicle and told the suspect he’d shoot him if he didn’t stop beating the deputy, sources said. After noncompliance from the suspect, the passerby shot the suspect three times, sources said. The...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 14, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
CEDAR FALLS — A man with a permit to carry a firearm detained a Cedar Falls man when he started stabbing people at his apartment building last month, according to authorities. According to police, Adam Scott Jacobsen had stabbed fellow tenant Jeffrey Miller 24...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 14, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Adding a blanket psych exam requirement for all applicants would make the application process very similar on paper to what was required (on paper) in Soviet Socialist Republics — where of course, very few permits were granted. A plan by Sonoma County...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 14, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
These robbers were dealt with very nicely, thank you:
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 14, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Of course I’m fine with all this except when he follows the injured robbers and executes them. That’s murder. It was still dark when four men boarded the packed commuter bus heading for Mexico City and ordered the passengers to hand over their valuables....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 14, 2016 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy
Though Donald Trump’s presidential victory represents the greatest opportunity for policy changes that have widespread impact, there were many unexpected wins at the state and local levels. The National Rifle Association won in nearly every race where it...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 14, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
The incident happened around 10 p.m. in Bob White, according to a release from the sheriff’s office. Police say the homeowners were alerted by a neighbor that someone was possibly in their back yard. The man and his wife, whose names have not been released,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 13, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
We offer a special, cuddly, safe space in our office for Californians to learn how to keep assault weapons in the family and to carry concealed. Snowflakes welcome. Sunflakes welcome. All flakes welcome. But you won’t be a flake for long.