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 10, 2017 | Business Succession, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Venture Protection
So how does someone determine if he is “too old” to make independence work? It really comes down to a few key characteristics shared by those advisors who took the leap: They really wanted it. They believed in their ability to migrate clients and grow. They had...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 10, 2017 | Asset Protection, Business Succession, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Income Tax, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
This article raises important points — plan for the long-term and don’t let taxes direct the planning over more important goals — plus it’s a good review of the many benefits of life insurance. But as I’ve previously noted, the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 9, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection
Consider also that your estate plan can include incentives to help your kids and grandkids stay married. Having a child puts a strain on relationships, but staying in an unhappy marriage is the best thing you can do for its long-term success, according to a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 9, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection
Recovered at a local pawn shop. Who will handle your jewelry, firearms, other important heirlooms? Are they trustworthy? Nicole Sarber, the owner of the heirloom ring from 1892, went public with her ordeal. Sarber’s boyfriend gave the ring to Cervantes, a jeweler and...
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 8, 2017 | Asset Protection, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship
I don’t agree with everything in this article, but it does make a good point about the lack of estate planning. It is surprisingly tough sometimes to get families to consider holding funds in trust to prevent kids from blowing their inheritance, and I can...
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 | Feb 3, 2017 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Protection
“Delaying conversations until a life event forces the subject means making decisions during a time of crisis that are often driven by emotion — by this time, options are fewer and time is tight — having conversations and a plan of action well before one must...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 3, 2017 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Protection
At 77, Mr. Close is among a critical mass of prominent — and profitable — artists in their twilight years (including Claes Oldenburg, 88; Ed Ruscha, 79; and Gerhard Richter, 84) facing important decisions about how to secure their creations and provide for...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 3, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Horror Stories
Buddy Holly left a legacy of sorts, but was it really his legacy? He died intestate, so that is doubtful. Holly’s legacy was written by those who took control, instead of being carried out by trusted family he could have placed in control. The chapters...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 3, 2017 | Asset Protection, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Financial Mentorship, Retirement Planning, Spendthrift Children
Luck all around, despite the bad planning. Carrie had formal next of kin, daughter Billie Lourd, who inherits the house, the money and presumably the French bulldog even if the outspoken and occasionally erratic actress forgot to leave a valid will behind....
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 30, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
[bctt tweet=”Journalism or hate? OC Register lists traditional Catholicism as type of hate group! #tcot #ccot #catholic #2A #NRA” username=”guntrust”] The 2015 Hate Map is nearly 14 percent bigger than the 2014 map. The Southern Poverty Law...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 29, 2017 | Estate Planning, Religious Faith
The shares and percentages of wealth distribution between the heirs is based on clear formulas. There are so many combinations of families that each cannot be stated. However some primary principles are that the sons get double the share of the daughters hence...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 29, 2017 | Asset Protection, Estate Admin, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Probate Admin, Trust Admin
By now, hopefully most people are aware that probate avoidance is one of the core benefits of a properly drafted and funded revocable trust, even one done by a trust mill that lacks the sort of comprehensive planning we do. Why is probate bad? Well, one of the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 28, 2017 | Asset Protection, Family Protection
The government isn’t the only entity from which clients may wish to shield their assets. Perhaps your client owes money all over town, but would still like to leave something for his kids, or maybe he doesn’t trust his daughter’s husband and wants to ensure...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 27, 2017 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Horror Stories
Avvo takes a strikingly binary view of a problem that is a lot more complicated than they let on: how to attract millennials as clients. People say I have a nice website, I’ve been ranked by Justia as the No. 6 lawyer in the US in terms of twitter...
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 25, 2017 | News & Commentary, Religious Faith
Conservatives say any use of condoms violates Church teaching that considers all forms of contraception to be an unacceptable barrier to life. Francis and his predecessor Benedict XVI have both adopted a more flexible stance, signalling that the use of condoms...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 23, 2017 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Protection
Given some of the concerns of blended and complex families mentioned above, what route can meet Jim and Carol’s needs? The joint RLT pour-over is one good option for such a situation. The strategy contains three separate trust agreements: a joint RLT for Jim...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 23, 2017 | Charity
As with most of these wealthmanagement.com articles, watch out for the liberal slant. For example, in highlighting increased funding for “constitutional rights” there is mention of “privacy” and “separation of church and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 15, 2017 | Charity, Estate Planning
Some good advice here, but the apparent SJW author who included a plug for Planned Parenthood would do well to follow his own advice and consider millennials, who now are moving away from abortion. Transparency and technology are at the forefront. Source: Top...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 14, 2017 | Family Maintenance
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 14, 2017 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Protection
What I especially didn’t like was something I heard from a colleague who had some of her own personal money with the advisor. She said he told her some gossip about another person in the firm, an employee whose 401(k) he was handling—something about the person’s...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 13, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Religious Faith
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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 13, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Theology is not #Mathematics. 2 + 2 in #Theology can make 5. Because it has to do with #God and real #life of #people… — Antonio Spadaro (@antoniospadaro) January 5, 2017 Defenders of the above propositions in Amoris Laetitia are in the unenviable...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 13, 2017 | Asset Protection, Business Succession, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Gift Tax, Income Tax, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
Among the chief goals of succession planning is providing continuity of management and minimizing the tax costs of transferring property interests to new generations.Source: Six Things Family-Owned Firms Should Know About Succession Planning
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...