by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Nov 5, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
UPDATE: The Texas church shooter (who BTW preached atheism) was dishonorably discharged, had a history of domestic violence, so would seem to have been prohibited from possessing firearms. Bottom line, he criminally broke existing gun laws even before he murdered....
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 4, 2017 | Estate Tax, Tax Planning
So far, the House GOP’s proposed tax plan avoids the carryover basis regime that would have been necessary if it would have imposed a capital gains tax at death to replace the estate and generation skipping transfer taxes, as the Trump campaign seemed to favor....
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 | Oct 3, 2017 | Firearm Training
A few brief comments on the horrific attack in Vegas — brief because so early in a shooting like this, there is a lot of false reporting. For example, it was initially reported that Vegas police broke through Paddock’s door just ten minutes into the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 2, 2017 | Asset Protection
Story here reminds us that OJ Simpson is suspected of squirreling away millions in offshore accounts. (One of OJ Simpson’s pals seems to have spilled the beans in a recording seconds after Simpson’s ill-fated robbery in Vegas. Cook believes it is possible...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 2, 2017 | Firearm Training
Seems like everyone these days is hawking self-defense products, and not all of these salesmen are friendly toward gun rights. The sad reality is that many of these purveyors of pepper spray are pacifist-aggressive, anti-gun activists, intent on spreading propaganda...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 26, 2017 | Firearm Training
Story here. Videos are rather shocking to watch. Granted, the officer did not have much time to react and may have confused the item taken from his belt (which does appear to be a magazine) for something more lethal or perhaps the officer didn’t realize...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 24, 2017 | Firearm Training
We may soon see some local progress for right to carry at least in terms of our local board of realtors, Orange County Association of Realtors, mentioning in its safety training classes the possibility of using guns for self-defense. Doesn’t sound like much, I...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 24, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Usher had license to carry but no gun until he retrieved it from his car. If he had carried the gun on him, things might have turned out differently. Story here. Aaron said the usher, who has a valid carry permit, then went out to his car and retrieved his own...
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 4, 2017 | Pet Protection
I’ve had several clients actually tell me they want their pets destroyed when they pass on. Most pets would prefer a pet trust. Fish might be less of a commitment. Unlike goldfish, parrots live up to about 60 years. There are reports of parrot...
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...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | News & Commentary
A MAN has been hailed a hero after rescuing 50 people from homes deluged by Hurricane Harvey floods in Texas after official rescues failed to show up. Source: Hero saves 50 people including babies and the sick from Hurricane Harvey floods in a boat after...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | News & Commentary
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a liberal, Alabama-based 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization that has gained prominence on the left for its “hate group” designations, pushes millions of dollars to offshore entities as part of its...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | News & Commentary
Funny, until you realize that antidepressants are suspected as a cause of mass shootings. Human antidepressants are building up in the brains of bass, walleye and several other fish common to the Great Lakes region, scientists say. Source: Antidepressants found in...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | News & Commentary
What is it with all the donut shop robberies — cops no longer eat donuts? An armed robbery occurred at the Winchell’s doughnut shop in the 17000 block of Magnolia Street in Fountain Valley early Thursday morning, according to the Fountain Valley Police...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Police said a 51-year-old man was walking in the Jackson Park neighborhood when the robber hit him in the head. Neighbors said the man told them he had been at an ATM up the street, and he had just withdrawn cash. He was walking home when the robber attacked....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | News & Commentary
Firearms are subject to the following conditions: Stored in a locked metal or solid wood gun safe or Trigger-locked and stored without ammunition in a locked area. Ammunition shall be stored in a separate locked location. A handgun shall be registered....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | News & Commentary
Main freeways to Las Vegas and Phoenix that cross the San Andreas fault would be destroyed in this scenario; Interstate 10 crosses the fault in a dozen spots and Interstate 15 would see the roadway sliced where it crosses the fault, with one part of the roadway...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | News & Commentary
The American College of Pediatricians urges healthcare professionals, educators and legislators to reject all policies that condition children to accept as normal a life of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex. Facts – not ideology –...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | News & Commentary
Seems to me a deficit in firearm legacy planning may be causal here. Boot camp alone cannot create a rifleman. More stunning, said the comprehensive 101-page report: ” 70 percent of today’s youth are not fit to serve in the military due to obesity...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | News & Commentary
It’s admittedly getting more and more difficult to separate fact from fiction these days, especially when it comes to the increasingly bizarre world of anti-gun social justice crusaders. But it is apparently true that a publication recently appeared on the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | News & Commentary
By Any Means Necessary, which has played a key role in riots in Berkeley, Sacramento and elsewhere, has dozens of public school teachers among its members, including among its most prominent leaders.The FBI and Department of Homeland Security began paying...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 2, 2017 | News & Commentary
Speaking with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, gun control advocate and University of Sydney Associate Professor Philip Alpers expressed a disdain for gun turn-ins. Alpers noted, “All the research studies show that very limited, unenforced amnesties...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 1, 2017 | News & Commentary
A San Bernardino County prosecutor in the midst of a gang-murder trial was bloodied and beaten into unconsciousness Thursday while on a morning jog in Newport Beach. Source: Deputy DA Violently Beaten While Jogging In Newport Beach « CBS Los...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 1, 2017 | News & Commentary
I prefer weapons that allow me to maintain distance from an attacker (“Distance is your friend!”) but I’m happy to see Texas, at long last, taking the lead in some way regarding self-defense. On Friday, Texans will legally be allowed to carry...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 31, 2017 | Archived, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
UPDATE: I initially had concerns about Barnes (as you can see below) and initially supported Harrington because Harrington seemed more of a purist on 2A, but as I mentioned in several calguns.net posts back in the primary, I changed my mind. This was due in large part...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | News & Commentary
Soon after she was appointed, and before she started taking away our concealed carry licenses, Sheriff Hutchens told me, “Orange County is not Mumbai,” when I brought up the need for concealed carry to prevent mass attacks. Well, Dekraai was a sort...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
At least three South Orange County cities – Lake Forest, Aliso Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita – have seen sheriff’s costs increase by nearly 25 percent over the past few years. And in Laguna Woods, city officials fear that the whopping 78 percent jump in public...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | Firearm Training
U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report National Crime Victimization Survey Victimization During Household Burglary September 2010 NCJ 227379 Shannan Catalano, Ph.D., BJS Statistician...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | Health Planning
My suggestion, for anyone wishing to go as far as DNA testing to be sure of the identity of remains, is to avoid cremating those remains. The couple has since received a new box that the crematory said is their daughter ashes, but they hope a DNA test can...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | News & Commentary
Converts to Islam are especially vulnerable to ISIS recruitment, as they often have limited knowledge of religion. They often want to prove themselves, sometimes by expressing loyalty through violence. At the same time, they may be alienated from family...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
The project, which Lear has been championing for more than seven years, is described as a humorous and inspiring look at the shared joys and challenges we all experience at any stage of life. NBC notes the potential series is inspired by Lear, 95, and his...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
“The courtroom is a place of highly charged, highly emotional, highly sensitive cases,” said Raftery, who has written reports about weapons in courthouses. “It’s a two-pronged issue. There’s been an increase in judges who want to carry firearms, but more and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Abdalla became emotional and said, “The judge was shot in front of the courthouse and it affects me. It is an attempted murder on a judge.”Later today, he said, “Every judge should be armed today in America. Prosecutors need to be armed. It was a cold-blooded...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
The would-be robber reportedly grabbed the woman’s purse while it rested on her shoulder, at which point, the victim brandished a weapon she had stored inside. Source: Police: Robber tries to take woman’s purse, flees when 57-year-old shows gun at west...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | News & Commentary
“The Constitution does not say that a person can shout…yell ‘wolf’ in a crowded theater. If you are endangering people, then you don’t have a constitutional right to do that,” Pelosi said in an interview on Wednesday with San Francisco TV station KRON. The...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | News & Commentary
The Orange County Register is among many newspapers running stories using SPLC’s infamous list. Maybe the OC Register should be on your own personal hate list?
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | News & Commentary
A 26-year-old man deliberately drove at a police van outside Buckingham Palace and repeatedly yelled Allahu Akbar while reaching for a 4ft sword. Three unarmed cops were injured as they incapacitated the attacker with CS spray outside the royal residence on The...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 26, 2017 | News & Commentary
Horrid mischief across the pond — what’s next, acid control? base control? That’s it, control lyes! Attacks by people throwing acid at their victims has tripled in the past three years in Britain, stoking fears that almost anyone can be the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 26, 2017 | Firearm Training
Not far from my office. Rats do indeed travel in packs, apparently — I count nine. Hard to watch this and favor limits on magazine capacity:
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 26, 2017 | News & Commentary
US Defense Secretary Jim “Mad Dog” Mattis in Kiev, Russians within earshot, says something obvious to any American, yet beyond the understanding of most on the criminal-coddling Left: Asked by a reporter whether he agrees with the Obama...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 21, 2017 | Estate Planning
Happy Senior Citizens Day! Winter is coming … and as the Holidays approach, families are shifting their focus toward estate planning. Get your planning done now, before the rush...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 20, 2017 | News & Commentary
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 7, 2017 | Horror Stories
Bears happen. Imagine if someone else was in the vehicle. Another reason to arm yourself! I nominate this one for the Farmers Hall of Claim: La Plata County Sheriff’s Office deputies determined a bear was to blame, because it defecated in the car, likely...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 28, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
McCain was a bigger surprise. He has long called for repeal, but grew frustrated over the secretive process that GOP leaders employed to draft various repeal measures. When he returned this week, he made an impassioned speech on the Senate floor for...