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...
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...