by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 13, 2017 | News & Commentary
Homeland Security netted more than 680 immigrants in a new series of raids, Secretary Secretary John F. Kelly said Monday, saying they were standard enforcement actions that generally nabbed serious criminals.Three quarters of those arrested in the raids — the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 13, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
After this DGU (ok, it’s a Defensive Golfclub Use not a Defensive GunUse, but same basic idea) against a gator dragging him into the water, this golfer recognizes the importance of carry. “I guess a golfer should always keep a club in his hand,” Aarts...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Firearm Training
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Firearm Training
Some good tips in this article, though I cringe when I hear the term “dry fire” and recommend staying away from snap caps. The need for inexpensive practice and training can arise for many reasons. You may just be getting started and need time to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
I have to agree — not the Boy Scouts — especially with the newly transgendered Boy Scouts. I was an Eagle but never had firearm exposure in scouts, though many of the councils offer that now. (One of them, up north, retained me to help do some trust...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Scheduled for Feb. 27 and March 4, the rallies “are inclusive, non-partisan, and open to anyone supporting President Trump in his efforts to bring back manufacturing jobs to America, put the security of our nation ahead of political correctness, improve our...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
I have this video (probably ordered it from WND) and I agree with everything Joe Farah writes here — we’ve watched it multiple times. If you want to know Steve Bannon’s heart, watch some of those “weaponized” documentaries. I will recommend one in...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
This is why I am willing to train peaceable Muslims in my classes, though other instructors refuse to do so. It is very important, for the reformation of Islam (if that is possible, and I have my doubts) and the eventual assimilation (perhaps conversion) of its...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Firearm Training
Police on Wednesday released disturbing surveillance video showing a vicious sucker-punch that led to the death of a 64-year-old man in Queens. Source: Brutal sucker-punch leads to man’s death | New York Post
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
The survey found that Republican doctors are more likely to discuss health risks of marijuana, urge the patient to cut back and discuss the legal risks. They were also more likely to discuss the mental health aspects of abortion and encourage the patient not to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
Hunting is still relevant, despite agricultural advancements, at least to keep roads safe for motorists. And pedestrians, apparently. The minivan hit the deer, and the deer went airborne.”The deer flew off the car and hit a pedestrian,” according...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Estate Planning, Health Planning
Something to think about when filling out that advance health care directive: Now Martin is married and has penned a memoire about his life. He has gained control of his body and in his book Ghost Boy, he writes, “My mind was trapped inside a useless body, my...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
This is a hugely important case. It is of course logical that if we (families) have Second Amendment rights, we (families) have a right to train our kids. Because we certainly cannot depend on government schools to do that for us (too busy teaching the three...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
There are arguments on both sides. I have to agree with some of the points raised in the article, and add that guns would be used a lot more often by criminals if they weren’t so noisy. Gun shot will definitely attract attention. And I don’t see,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
The vast majority of residents living in California would like to see sanctuary cities barred, a state home to multiple jurisdictions which refuse to abide by federal immigration laws. Source: Poll: 74 Percent of Californians Want to End Sanctuary...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
“This was perfect cooperation between law enforcement and the concerned community,” he said. “When the entire community is against you, you don’t stand a chance at criminal activity.” Source: Concerned citizen holds Lowcountry...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Camilo told the CBS affiliate that he felt the need to defend his family after the men pointed a gun at his brother. He said he has 29 security cameras installed at the deli. Source: Pistol-packing deli owner fires at robbers in gripping surveillance video | NJ.com...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
Watch video at source link — tears appear genuine. (BREITBART) First Lady Melania Trump wept as 20-year-old Marlana VanHoose sang the hymn “How Great Thou Art” during the Inaugural Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral in the nation’s capital on...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
Blast from past days when SNL was actually funny. Got to meet Victoria Jackson at a tea party rally a few years ago. Now she has a NEW version of the song she came out with then concerning Obama. WASHINGTON – It was almost seven years ago that former “Saturday...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
MANTECA (CBS13) – An alleged serial tire slasher was shot and killed by a neighbor who claims it was in self-defense. Source: Alleged Serial Tire Slasher Shot To Death By Neighbor In Manteca « CBS Sacramento
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
SPRING HILL, Fla. — The same key that gets Henry Echevarria into to his home almost kept him and his wife from departing on a vacation cruise. Source: How a gun-shaped key nearly scuttled their cruise
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
I still have one of JPFO’s coloring books somewhere, but this looks much more serious at least in terms of graphics. Freelance graphic designer Sara Westman decided to create something she wanted: a firearm coloring book. Drawing on her experience as a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
I did not get “the letter” and I felt left out (thinking all instructors were affected) but I called DOJ and was told there are about 6000 FSC instructors so only slightly more than half were affected. But to the NRA’s point, this is one...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
They accomplished this by strapping fetal monitors to their pregnant bellies and amplifying the real-time heartbeat of their children through loudspeakers. Source: Chilean Pro-Life Women Have Genius New Way to Protest Abortion | ChurchPOP
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
“Planned Parenthood uses ultrasound to determine a baby’s age and position in the womb before it kills her. Investigators asked 68 Planned Parenthood facilities for ultrasounds to check the health of their babies, but only three were able to provide them. The...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Firearm Training
Some states allow either concealed carry or open carry. Some medical facilities in Texas have signs posted stating that no one can carry into the facility either open or concealed. But in many of those facilities, there are internal policies allowing staff...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
It’s important to realize the controlled and engineered nature of our knife disarm practice methods. These training methods have value in the context of our overall development as aikidoka, but don’t be overconfident in your ability to get a disarm to work against an...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
So at the same time the Sierra Club is admitting abortion is critical to population control, we have the UN admitting its climate fraud is all about destroying capitalism. Why not finally declare the obvious, that every single policy dreamed up by the Left is designed...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government …” – Article IV, Section 4, U.S. Constitution This article is marked Priority. Click the BELL ICON at the lower left of your screen to manage priority alerts (Chrome...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
Funny how the Left is now admitting stuff that used to be the subject of so-called conspiracy theories. The executive director of the environmentalist Sierra Club said that abortion is a critical tool for protecting the environment from the threat of...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
Are California students receiving a quality public education today? Less than half of California students met statewide reading and math standards last year, with just 48 percent meeting or exceeding reading standards and only 37 percent doing the same in...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Estate Planning, Family Protection
Interesting and unfortunate trend, and I think unnecessary in many cases if people would only get good estate planning advice — for example, on blended family planning. A major theme seemed to be independence— older couples wanted their family and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
Interesting topic. Back in law school I worked for something called the NASA/Hastings Research Project, which looked into setting up the sort of public/private partnerships we see today in space exploration. So the police state has done such a great job of...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
So what does this tell us about Gorsuch? We don’t really know. Perhaps he liked the church and simply disregarded its politics. Though I would think a constitutionalist might find the repeated emphasis on “rights” of refugees and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Hmmm… Here’s a list of twenty of them. Hope they realize two things.First, that they have become prohibited persons under the Gun Control Act (18 USC 922(d) and (g)(7) prohibit a person “who, having been a citizen of the United States, has...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
In doing so, both districts join only a few in California that let parents, members of the general public and teachers bring concealed guns. It’s not clear how many districts in the state have similar policies, but a Breitbart article in June identified...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
Every anti-gun legislator in this state eventually is shown to be a criminal, or at least in favor of criminals. California State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De Léon (D-Los Angeles) said last Tuesday that “half his family” was in the country illegally, using...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
The protesters “obstructed an ambulance carrying a critically ill patient,” the state police report read, according to the New Haven Independent. “Due to this delay, ambulance personnel were required to perform an emergency medical procedure in the ambulance...
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 | News & Commentary
Pope Francis has marked the “day for life” in Italy by adopting the abortion lobby’s euphemism “interruption of pregnancy” in place of language that accurately describes the killing of unborn children. In his message the Holy Father does speak some welcome...
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 | News & Commentary
February 3, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Forget most of the complaints and accusations against Donald Trump you are hearing these days. There is a growing, ugly and violent war being waged against the Trump administration and conservatives in general. Most of that war...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 12, 2017 | News & Commentary
Besides reducing the abortion rate, parental involvement laws have been shown to decrease suicide and depression, according to the ACP. It cites several studies that show parental notification laws also decrease the rate of STDs. Source: U.S. pediatricians:...
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 | News & Commentary
Democrats unsuccessfully opposed newly-confirmed Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, but many Americans share her views on some key areas in education. Source: Americans Like School Choice, More Power For States In Education – Rasmussen...
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 | News & Commentary
The last Superbowl was fun to watch, at least toward the end. But the NFL is asking too much here and I think we can do without football from now on. The NFL, which just held the Super Bowl in Texas, is warning that a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender...