by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 10, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Mexico has been doing this for decades. In my native town of Coronado we had a saying about Imperial Beach — “down in IB, where the debris meets the sea” — because of this very problem. Mexicans released an estimated 143 million gallons...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 10, 2017 | Estate Planning
Below is my response today to someone who posted on a gun forum that estate planning is “simple these days” — actually, my first response was THIS little guy, ROFL Taxes are usually an important consideration, but should rarely, if ever, drive...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 9, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
No doubt, Senator Charles Schumer will soon be calling for investigation of an apparent conflict of interest in that lead is often found with zinc, the two are related in production, and both are used in car batteries — obviously, some collusion going on...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 9, 2017 | Career Preparation, Family Protection, News & Commentary
College is no longer a place where students learn to be independent thinkers, but instead learn to march in lockstep with the fascist left. That’s the only “education” the progressives recognize as worthwhile. These are people for whom “snowflake” is a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 9, 2017 | News & Commentary
In ancient Israel, every man was in the militia, armed and ready at a moment’s notice to defend his community. Source: Fightin’ words from the Founding Fathers
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 9, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Stung by recent election defeats, Democrats are leading the charge to lower the voting age to 17, with a little help from liberal billionaire George Soros.In California, Democratic legislators introduced this week a landmark bill, ACA 10, that would give the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 9, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Apparently not satisfied with releasing thousands of violent criminals, decriminalizing under-age prostitution, and their own personal gun running to international terrorists, California senators have a new mission: make it not so bad to intentionally give...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 9, 2017 | News & Commentary
A Miami defense lawyer’s pants burst into flames Wednesday afternoon as he began his closing arguments in front of a jury — in an arson case. Source: Lawyer’s pants erupt in flames during Miami arson trial | Miami Herald
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 9, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Illegal immigration across the southwest border plummeted in the weeks after President Trump took office, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly announced Wednesday, calling the drop an early sign that Mr. Trump’s get-tough policies are working.In addition...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
According to the Bible, it’s clear what happens when a nation rejects God and sheds innocent blood – we get three things:Rulers who hate us – Psalm 106:35-42Laws that enslave us – Ezekiel 20:24-25Rights taken from us – Isaiah 5:20, 23, 24b Source: 3 terrible...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
Created when Superman was exposed to a “duplicate ray,” Bizarro was essentially a defective clone of the “man of steel.” Ugly, surly and speaking broken English like Tonto in “The Lone Ranger” (“Me hate Superman! Him bad!”), Bizarro’s defining characteristic...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
American Family Association, which reaches millions of constituents, told CBN there is no room for wavering.“We are urging families not to watch Disney. There are many other channels you can watch, many other cartoons you can watch,” said AFA’s Walker Wildmon....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
The companies joining in the failed effort urging the Supreme Court to open restrooms nationwide include Affirm, Airbnb, Amazon, Apple, Asana, Box, Codecademy, Credo Mobile, Dropbox, Ebay, Etsy, Fastly, Flipboard, Gap, General Assembly Space, GitHub, IBM,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
To Prager’s answer I would add CORRUPTION, which allows any minority to be controlled by self-appointed leaders playing off factions — can happen to any minority, even my fellow Catholics to some extent. And third, when American Jews abandoned...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
Gay sex will always have more health risks than straight sex (speaking in general terms, since there is obviously overlap in some of the practices and habits); gay couples will never have as many children as straight couples (which has many other social...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | Archived, Family Protection, News & Commentary
(Warning: This report contains graphic images and details of honor killings in the U.S. that may offend some readers.) When President Trump issued an executive order “protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry” into America Monday, he also called for a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
The left calls the transformation of America “progress.”But no, it is instead an insane race toward the crumbling temples of ancient barbarism, leading our children by the hand as the sacrificial victims brought willingly to the pagan feast. Source: Is gender...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
Ukrainians recognize communism and have largely dethorned the holiday, turning it instead into a celebration of family. Now feminists want to turn back the clock to Soviet times. Around a thousand people marched through Kiev on Wednesday, International...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
Insanity doesn’t have to be a private matter. Sometimes entire countries go crazy. Source: How to know if a country’s gone crazy
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
You would think criminals would have learned by now to stay away from Kennesaw. A worker performing maintenance service for the business shot Yates in the chest, Cheatham said. Yates ran out of the restaurant and, minutes later, Kennesaw police got a call about...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection
Now, I’m going to suggest a crazy dating concept in the 21st Century that might get you to the finish line without any wounds! Wait until you’ve got the full commitment! Make him put a ring on it first. I know one girl who is waiting until she gets married to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
The moment Republicans bought into the notion that Obamacare must not just be repealed but “replaced,” Democrats won. Democrats argue that health care is a “right.” Republicans claim they disagree, that nowhere in the Constitution does the federal government...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
But this is much more than a story about personal enrichment by the Clintons.It is ultimately about bad deals jeopardizing American national security and serving the Russians’ national interest.So why are we even talking about Trump’s relationship with...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
The people of Rutland, Vermont, have gained a measure of revenge against former President Obama’s forced influx of Syrian refugees, voting out the five-term mayor who helped negotiate the controversial resettlements with a federal contractor. Source: Mayor...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
The briefs are now being circulated to and reviewed by the Justices and their respective clerks. The Supreme Court could begin considering whether to accept the Peruta case during the Court’s conference on March 24, although consideration of whether to accept...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
The study said people who are not in couples, including those married in the past, have sex half as much as those who are.The decrease in couples backs up this claim. Sixty-six Americans were living with a partner in 1986; in 2014, only 59 percent were,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 8, 2017 | News & Commentary
Of course: for the establishment propaganda media, Muslims are victims only, never perpetrators. Source: BBC identified man as “Muslim” when he was denied visa, “Indian” when he was arrested for sex abuse
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 7, 2017 | News & Commentary
My Dad was a Rotary pres and I was Interact pres in high school and attended college on a small Rotary scholarship. So naturally I have over the years, on several occasions, looked into joining a club. But I often found an anti-gun attitude at these clubs, and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 7, 2017 | News & Commentary
Rush Limbaugh surmised on his radio show Tuesday that UMBRAGE may have been used to replicate the fingerprints of Russian hackers into the DNC.“They have found a way to essentially emulate Russian hacks either from the KGB, the RBG, the Russian government,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 7, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
The dissenting judges pointed out that Judge Ruth Neely, a Lutheran, broke no law and violated no part of the judicial code of ethics by stating she personally could not perform a same-sex “wedding.”David and Kautz are warning that the decision creates a new...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 7, 2017 | News & Commentary
If it seems that the climate radicals are acting desperately because they sense that their “movement” is dying, then that’s probably an accurate assessment. From EPA employees threatening resistance to Donald Trump’s presidency to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 7, 2017 | Asset Protection
Real Estate firm Knight Frank, in their recently released 2017 Wealth Report, developed a City Wealth Index that weighs four critical factors in determining which cities matter most to the worldwide ultra-high-net worth (defined as those with $30 million or...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 7, 2017 | Asset Protection, News & Commentary
My 1990 500SL would be in good company with some of these on the lower end. “Modern classics continue to be the hot topic that enthusiasts are talking about, not least because they are exciting new additions to sale catalogs,” said Alain Squindo, the chief...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 7, 2017 | Asset Protection, Tax Planning
Giving up citizenship over taxes? There’s something strangely American about that. But always remember that if you give up your US citizenship, you are barred for life from possessing a gun or even hiring an armed guard. “To some degree it is President...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 7, 2017 | Estate Planning
This article is very brief and easy to read, hitting the main points succinctly. (For more information, take our free online course.) In general, a trust is more flexible and provides more options to protect you and your child, but circumstances always vary....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 7, 2017 | Asset Protection, Business Succession, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Venture Protection
Seems like just about every college has gone full marxist these days, and as a conservative I bristle at the idea that families really need those loons. This article makes a pretty good case that we all benefit from an academia attentive to Family Business....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 7, 2017 | Archived, Estate Tax, Tax Planning
In estate planning these days, there is uncertainty and there is UNCERTAINTY. Over the last few years we’ve gotten pretty good at developing techniques to deal with uncertainty, but the UNCERTAINTY surrounding the proposed regulations related to 26 USC §...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 6, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
President Trump signed a new executive order Monday that temporarily bans visitors from six Middle East and African counties while the administration creates an extreme vetting program, taking pains to remove the pitfalls of the original order and the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 5, 2017 | Archived, Estate Planning
Please share this poll widely to maximize responses: Have a plan? How much actual time did you spend consulting in person with your attorney (NOT paralegal) during the #EstatePlanning process⁉️— Protective Law Corp. (@guntrust) March 6,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 5, 2017 | Estate Planning
Basically: Can’t find an advisor they trust Confused on the basics (i.e., difference between trust and will) Think they aren’t wealthy enough to need estate planning Don’t want to think about death From WealthCounsel’s recent inaugural...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 5, 2017 | Estate Planning, Probate Admin
According to WealthCounsel’s recent inaugural Estate Planning Awareness Survey: Despite this direct knowledge of what can happen, 50% of respondents with a will believe that wills protect them from probate court after they pass away, and more than two-thirds (70%)...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 5, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection
According to WealthCounsel’s recent inaugural Estate Planning Awareness Survey: Such disputes often occur among the not-so-rich and-famous as well: More than one-third (35%) of respondents have either personally experienced, or known someone who has...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 5, 2017 | Estate Planning, Health Planning
According to WealthCounsel’s recent inaugural Estate Planning Awareness Survey: Less than half (45%) tell us that they understand that estate planning can be used to express an individual’s wishes related to personal healthcare decisions, e.g., whether to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 5, 2017 | Estate Planning
According to WealthCounsel’s recent inaugural Estate Planning Awareness Survey: But another finding makes it clear that such awareness is theoretical, at best. Exactly half of all respondents don’t know that estate plans can be used to provide a guardian for a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 5, 2017 | Estate Planning
According to WealthCounsel’s recent inaugural Estate Planning Awareness Survey: For instance, 71% of respondents say that having a well-thought-out plan would help them feel like a good spouse or parent, implying an awareness of the benefits that planning can offer...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 4, 2017 | Estate Planning
Even 73% of techno-savvy millennials agree, according to WealthCounsel’s recent inaugural Estate Planning Awareness Survey: Given the perception of estate planning as a confusing topic, it makes sense that three-quarters (74%) of Americans value...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 4, 2017 | Estate Planning
According to WealthCounsel’s recent inaugural Estate Planning Awareness Survey, a shocking 47% think that estate planning is mainly for the wealthy: Based on the survey results, it’s fair to say that Americans are confused about estate planning:...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 4, 2017 | Estate Planning
[I can’t call them “simple” wills because the problems they create are not so simple.] According to WealthCounsel’s recent inaugural Estate Planning Awareness Survey, a shocking 61% of Americans are satisfied that a stupid will is all the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 4, 2017 | Estate Planning
New WealthCounsel study released: Yet according to WealthCounsel’s inaugural Estate Planning Awareness Survey, only a bit more than half of Americans have a will (i.e., 40%) or trust (17%) in place, meaning that many are not properly protecting themselves and their...