by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2018 | Dying Embarrassed, News & Commentary
Hit-and-run crash deaths are rising nationwide, and pedestrians and bicyclists account for close to 70% of the victims, according to a new report, as more people cycle to work and motor-vehicle fatalities are at a near-decade-high level. The number of...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2018 | News & Commentary
Despite advanced technology, far more murders go unsolved now than 50 years ago: The clearance rate has fallen from 91 percent in 1965 to about 59.4 percent in 2016. In the same period, the U.S. population increased by 54 million and the homicide rate per...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2018 | News & Commentary
As a rule of thumb, BMI is ok if waist circumference is limited to half of height. The five healthy habits were defined as not smoking; having a body mass index between 18.5 and 25; taking at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day, having no more than one 150ml...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2018 | News & Commentary
Young people are far more likely than senior citizens to report being lonely and in poor health, a surprising survey of 20,000 Americans released Tuesday shows. …. Loneliness actually has the same effect on mortality as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, which...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 30, 2018 | News & Commentary
I guess all those punitive trust clauses I drafted are kicking in finally. The online survey of more than 16,000 registered voters ages 18 to 34 shows their support for Democrats over Republicans for Congress slipped by about 9 percentage points over the past...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  Latin America has suffered more than 2.5m murders since the start of this century and is facing an acute public security crisis that demands urgent and innovative solutions, a new report warns. “The sheer dimensions of homicidal violence are breathtaking,”...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  Pop culture leaders coming soon to a neighborhood near you: The cartel members interrogated the students at a safe house and beat one of them so badly, he died — prompting them to kill the other two, Torres told the paper. They then took them to another...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  More than 140 children and 200 young llamas appear to have been ritually sacrificed in an event that took place some 550 years ago on a wind-swept bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, in the shadow of what was then the sprawling capital of the Chimú Empire....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  The Church plainly states in its catechism that families are where we learn how to function in society. Makes sense (to most people) but the Criminal Left has an interest in destroying families. “Let’s not muck about with everything that’s...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  Too few folks thinking things all the way through: Essentially, California lawmakers are criminalizing any Christian response to same-sex attraction – even if the man or woman experiencing that attraction does not desire it. While other North American...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  The bias toward criminal leftism is so obvious I am surprised only half recognize the enemy. In a poll released on Thursday, Quinnipiac was more direct. Less than a quarter of the public says that the news media broadly is better described as “enemy of the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  Seems there are more important issues these banks should be focusing on (unless of course their business plan is to coddle up to criminals on the Left): We recently reported on the disturbing trend of large U.S. banks – most notably Bank of America (BofA)...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  Obama’s own CDC had to admit to multiple studies showing the prevalence of defensive gun use (DGU). Too much data already out there. But Clinton’s CDC felt it was better to just sweep the truth under the rug. Shortly after Kleck and Gertz...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 27, 2018 | News & Commentary
  UPDATE: My Textedly account was canceled again, without any notice whatsoever. Support doesn’t answer. I’ve called several times and a recording says “No one is available to take your call.” Though a rep of theirs said i should...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 25, 2018 | News & Commentary
  We may be seeing California’s future in Ukraine’s dystopian present. Normally I like the Washington Times, but this horrible article seems to take the globalist neocon view that Ukrainian militias are Nazi, and that is just not true. A balanced...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 24, 2018 | News & Commentary
  The only thing that will stop a bad guy with a knife, safely, is a good guy with a gun. There were numerous opportunities here to stop this guy, but apparently no one was armed well enough with gun and training to stop him in time for this daughter not to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 13, 2018 | News & Commentary
Not completely surprised, given Trump recently bailed on concealed carry. As they say, gun owners are the cheapest date the GOP ever had. The only real “golden showers” are the ones Trump has enjoyed at the expense of naive gun owners. Trump has to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 7, 2018 | News & Commentary
The Holy See responded to the Scalfari article by saying that the comments cannot be “considered as a faithful transcription of the words of the Holy Father”. However, Cardinal Burke criticised the response as “strongly inadequate”. “Instead of clearly...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 7, 2018 | News & Commentary
The killings are part of a surge in firearm and knife crime in the England and Wales. The increase in London homicides has been so profound that for the first time in recorded history the UK capitol’s murder rate has surpassed New York City’s. Source: NRA-ILA |...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 19, 2018 | News & Commentary
I’ve often blogged on mass transit, mileage taxes and self-driving cars leading us to Soviet propiska. Now, look at how China plans to use a politically correct social rating to restrict “the untrustworthy” from using trains and planes: Under XI...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 6, 2018 | News & Commentary
Grab some popcorn and watch all seven minutes of this super speech by Virginia Delegate Nick Freitas. Then share widely. Then watch it again as it’s packed with useful info, let it sink in:
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 28, 2018 | News & Commentary
After the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting, several prominent companies ended their businesses relationships with the National Rifle Association — and some are facing backlash in public opinion, according to a new poll. A Morning Consult survey of 2,201 U.S....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 28, 2018 | News & Commentary
Great speech by LaPierre at CPAC recently, wants to harden our schools. Be sure to watch the short encore presentation from a few years ago regarding background checks, sandwiched in about 19:45 — NRA has done what it can to shore up background checks but...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 27, 2018 | News & Commentary
Of course, the ideal would be to train EVERY teacher, but this is a start: “These teachers are trained and trained as well in the use of firearms as the average police officer,” said Sidney Middle School armed guard and veteran tactical officer, Rick Cron. “I made...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 27, 2018 | News & Commentary
More and more schools (and states) are allowing teachers and even private citizens to be armed on campus (including some college students). Fatalities and injuries are going DOWN, yet the constant media focus and choreographed anti-gun narrative is brainwashing...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 27, 2018 | News & Commentary
Among Americans who have children of elementary or secondary school age, 61% think the government is more to blame. Just 23% of these adults fault a lack of adequate gun control more. Ninety percent (90%) of all Americans say they have been following news...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 26, 2018 | News & Commentary
I saw a large mountain lion run in front of my car as I was tooling down Pacific Island Drive at 5am. But that was around 1990. Surprised these sightings are still so common in developed areas of OC. “Just as Michael closed the gate to come around to the front...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 23, 2018 | News & Commentary
President Trump, in a speech before CPAC today, called for arming teachers with concealed carry permits to effectively protect the kids in their charge. Partly because of the glaring errors at all levels of law enforcement concerning the recent Valentine’s Day...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 14, 2018 | News & Commentary
OC Register reports: He made off with cash in a newer model Toyota Camry or similar four-door sedan, police said. The victim had several injuries to her face and head as a result of the attack. Authorities are trying to identify and find the man who they...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 9, 2018 | Dying Embarrassed, Firearm Training, Horror Stories, News & Commentary
According to an LA Times article here, a top local realtor figured prominently in the recent Laguna Woods shooting: CBS2/KCAL9’s Stacey Butler spoke with Jennifer Heflin, who said the shooting was prompted in part by an argument over remodeling plans. Heflin,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 8, 2018 | News & Commentary
Bermuda’s Senate and House of Assembly passed the legislation by wide margins in December and a majority of voters opposed same-sex marriage in a referendum. “The act is intended to strike a fair balance between two currently irreconcilable groups in Bermuda, by...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 2, 2018 | Family Protection, News & Commentary
If they can do this to our President, they can do it to your family — READ: FISA memo, page 1: FISA memo, page 2: FISA memo, page 3: FISA memo, page 4:
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 28, 2017 | News & Commentary
What do people do when they can’t get a license to carry? They carry. San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office Detective Salvador Zuno said investigators are looking into the fact the man was carrying a gun without a concealed weapons permit. Story...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 27, 2017 | News & Commentary
Everything. Messed. Up. Maybe WW3 will straighten things out. Two Irish men have married in Dublin to avoid paying €50,000 in inheritance tax on a house. Best friends Matt Murphy and Michael O’Sullivan are both heterosexual, but decided to get married when they...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 26, 2017 | News & Commentary
TRENTON – The handgun that Shaneen Allen was carrying when she was pulled over on a South Jersey highway could have sent her to prison for years if not for a pardon from Gov. Chris Christie. Now the legal saga that kept the Pennsylvania mother of two in...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 23, 2017 | News & Commentary
FPC makes some good points here — Hollywood benefits from exemptions allowing it (and its lucky members) free use of otherwise heavily restricted firearms, yet uses this freedom to attack the right to bear arms: But, as The Hollywood Reporter found, at...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 23, 2017 | News & Commentary
From NRA-ILA: FBI figures show surging interest in concealed carry licenses in the nation’s capital following a recent court ruling that effectively ended D.C.’s discretionary licensing regime. D.C. officials decided not to appeal the ruling in early October....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 23, 2017 | News & Commentary
A good Samaritan heard screaming, went over to the truck and interrupted the assault, police said. He opened the door and was able to get the woman out and took photos of the truck as the suspect drove off. Story here.
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 23, 2017 | News & Commentary
Former Marine marksman, a Muslim convert, planned to funnel people in at San Francisco’s Pier 39 and then gun them down: The 26-year-old is charged with attempting to supply support to a foreign terrorist organization, specifically the Islamic State....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 9, 2017 | News & Commentary
A researcher has estimated that there are nearly 2,000 serial killers at large in the United States. Archivist and researcher Thomas Hargrove has developed his own algorithm that he uses to track the habits and status of serial killers. Story...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 6, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Good job for once, Congress. Now, don’t screw it up! The House approved the bill, 231-198, largely along party lines. The measure would allow gun owners with a state-issued concealed-carry permit to carry a handgun in any state that allows concealed weapons. It...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 4, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
From NRA-ILA: The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has passed H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, and it is now headed to the U.S. House floor for a vote. Please contact your U.S. Representative and ask him/her to vote for H.R. 38! Your...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 24, 2017 | News & Commentary
From NRA-ILA, story here: Most Americans consider Stephen Willeford a hero for bravely ending the rampage of a crazed murderer at a Texas church … but not former Vice President Joe Biden. During a national television appearance on Monday, Biden dismissed the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 5, 2017 | News & Commentary
Story here: Schrier immediately dialed 911 while Bounds rushed to the car along with an unidentified man from another vehicle who stopped to help. “We didn’t see any other cars around so we assumed no one called 911,” Schrier said. “We didn’t know if it was...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 2, 2017 | News & Commentary
Please welcome new guntrust.org Ambassador Ron Gonzales and congratulate him on participating in our dry practice. As you can see from the video of Ron performing emergency reload, Ron did really great with just a little bit of training, and we look forward to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 27, 2017 | News & Commentary
“Oswald having been killed today after our warnings to the Dallas Police Department was inexcusable,” Hoover dictated. “It will allow, I am afraid, a lot of civil rights people to raise a lot of hell because he was handcuffed and had no...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 5, 2017 | News & Commentary
Sheer lunacy: U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp signed an emergency order allowing the seizure of private guns, ammunition, explosives and property the National Guard may need to respond to Hurricane Irma. Source: Virgin Islands Grabbing Guns Ahead Of Irma...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 4, 2017 | News & Commentary, Religious Faith
A unusual social study has revealed that atheists are more easily suspected of vile deeds than Christians, Muslims, Hindus or Buddhists—strikingly, even by fellow atheists, researchers said Monday. Source: Atheists thought immoral, even by fellow atheists: study...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 3, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Though the note said the man had a gun, no weapon was seen during the robbery.No shots were fired and no one was injured. Source: FBI searching for man in Aliso Viejo, Costa Mesa bank robberies – Orange County Register
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | News & Commentary
Have you received a vision of calamity from on high? Are you the only remaining righteous soul on an Earth awash in violence, evil, and corruption? Survive the oncoming flood buy building your very own Ark and populating it with “two of all living...