by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 17, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Defensive? Not so clear. See the way the perp keeps inching toward the armed citizen? I would have reacted much more severely to that. (In my own DGU in 2009, my reaction to the same conduct was to throw my phone down, stop withdrawing, and adopt a much more...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 17, 2016 | News & Commentary
Surprised to learn this, especially considering my follower count used to be a lot higher when i cast a wider net, before focusing efforts on my home state of California. Add the fact that my twitter followers are something like 85-90% active/real instead of the less...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 15, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary, WikiLeaks
Scalia died on the night of February 12, 2016 (or morning of February 13, 2016), under very strange circumstances. Did the Hillary have something to do with it? Under the inconspicuous subject line simply “Thanks,” Podesta writes, “Didn’t think wet works meant pool...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 15, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Anti-Catholics & elitist bigots The most "powerful elements" in the conservative movement are Catholic, railed Halpin: "It's an amazing bastardization of the faith. They must be attracted to the systematic thought and severely backward gender relations. …" Clinton...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 15, 2016 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning
(Bloomberg View) — The richest Americans are much less likely to have inherited their wealth than their counterparts in many supposedly more egalitarian countries. They’re not remarkably rich in degrees from elite universities. Rich Democrats have more social...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 15, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
According to the criminal complaint, the couple was walking to their car just before midnight last Wednesday when a man dragging a baseball bat approached them. He asked the couple if they’ve “ever been hit in the head with a bat?”. The couple thought the man...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 15, 2016 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning
A majority (83%) of respondents believe that Donald Trump is the best candidate for fostering long-term growth and building a healthy U.S. economy. Hillary Clinton trailed with just 6%, while the remainder of advisors polled felt that neither candidate would benefit...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 15, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection
Financial service professionals can step in to help better educate kids and their families using a variety of educational tools like videos, webinars and eLearning platforms. One suggestion is to teach families to view themselves as a “family office”—for example,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 15, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
The victim was dropping off a friend after work when the suspect attempted to rob him. He was able to defend himself by firing his concealed weapon at the robber. Detectives say the victim’s action saved his life.The suspect was stopped in his tracks. The...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 15, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Maybe it’s time to spread a little heat? Now, countries party to the agreement will have to follow one of three timetables to peak and then reduce their use of HFCs. Developed countries will need to freeze their HFC production and use in 2019 with immediate...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 15, 2016 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship
According to the above chart, US does great at wealth creation (compared to other socialist countries), but we need to learn a thing or two from Europeans about keeping it in the family, i.e., financial mentorship. The study attributes the down year to a combination...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 15, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
One of my favorite defensive gun uses and another great analysis by Front Sight. Not sure I agree there was a Rule 4 violation — kids definitely not in the way, looks close for the guy sitting at the end but he deserves to be shot for failing to be armed. This...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 14, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans protect families. We make it easy for your family to attain the comfort of skill at arms. David R. Duringer, JD,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 14, 2016 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Tax Planning
What Practitioners Should Do? There are a number of steps that practitioners should consider taking now, even though all of this is up in the air: Communicate with and inform both current active clients and even inactive clients. It might generate interest and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 14, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“The suspect attempted to rob the victim of the merchandise he was selling and the victim fired shots at the suspect,” Taylor said. The suspect returned fire, took the merchandise and fled on a red sport-style motorcycle, Taylor said.The victim was...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 12, 2016 | Archived, Family Protection, Religious Faith, WikiLeaks
Emails from the account of Hillary Clinton’s current campaign manager John Podesta released by WikiLeaks show that in February of 2012, Podesta and the president of Voices for Progress discussed how to “plant the seeds of revolution” within the Catholic Church,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 12, 2016 | Estate Planning
The third week in October was designated National Estate Planning Awareness Week beginning in 2008 to help the public understand what estate planning is and why it is such a vital component of financial wellness. Assisted by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and 49...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 12, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
I’ve seen some awful bank decor, but some additional training might have helped here. “I was thinking a lot of people’s lives were in danger and my life was in danger too,” Dial said. “He pointed whatever he had at us, so I fired a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 11, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
“Just changing in front of girls my own age is intimidating,” a Greenville high school junior named Chloe explains to the camera. “Now they want boys to shower and change beside me? It’s not just about privacy; it’s safety, too.” Source: Powerful ad shows why young...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 11, 2016 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning
Clinton’s proposals would produce a top marginal transfer tax rate of over 80%! Big difference there, but both apparently agree on eliminating the basis step-up at death. So unless some rather large exemptions come with the change in tax regime, I hope your...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 11, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Another strung out hooker hits snag: MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. — A homeowner shot and critically wounded a man who was trying to get into his house through a window, police here say.Police say he was armed with a crochet hook. Source: Homeowner shoots...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 9, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Showing sensitivity to a client’s religious concerns should be an integral component of estate planning. Religious goals can be achieved by integrating a client’s religious concerns into the drafting of many common legal documents. Addressing the myriad religious,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 9, 2016 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning
Artists’ Resale Right (ARR) was introduced in Britain in 2008 by means of a Directive of the European Union. ARR mandates payment of royalties to artists or, if the artist is dead, his heirs or estate, for 70 years after the artists’ death each time their works...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 9, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Fact she was a police officer may explain why she missed: The officer said she was home with her 13-year-old daughter and heard a loud boom coming from the bathroom. When she went to investigate the noise, she found a wood log in the middle of her bathroom and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Maybe the grabberz don’t want you to be confident, because then you won’t need them? 4. Your Confidence Will Go Through the Roof There’s nothing in the world quite like putting a little lead downrange to center you. The act of shooting is largely...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories
Billionaire Howard Hughes died in 1976 at the age of 70. He was known as an eccentric. However, he died without a will, which is not eccentric but unfortunately all too normal. A will of his was supposedly discovered at the headquarters of the Mormon Church in Salt...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
When the homeowner came to the front door, deputies say he saw a man reaching inside to try and get into the home. That is when the homeowner fired off two shots, hitting the alleged intruder.The homeowner’s pregnant wife was inside when the alleged home...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy
If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans protect families. We make it easy for your family to attain the comfort of skill at arms. David R. Duringer, JD,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories
If you are going to be shot to death by an extramarital lover, the least you could do is make a will to provide for your family. Steve McNair didn’t even do that. Don’t be a McNair. One notorious example of this concept comes from the estate of the late...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
On 9-30-16 at 1149 hours Swatara Township Police were dispatched to the intersection of Mushroom Hill Road and Grayson Road for report of a shooting. Upon arrival, police located a female who had been involved in the incident; she was inside of Walmart. She...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
With so many hardlegs pulled from the fields, factories, police forces and offices, many women stepped forward to do their part for the war effort. While Germany was still an ocean away, very real threats of sabotage by enemy agents and U-boats stalking towns up and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories
Pablo Picasso died at the age of 91 in 1973. He left behind a large fortune but because he left no will, it took 6 years to settle his estate at a cost of $30 million to determine finally that his assets would be divided up among six heirs. Don’t be a Picasso....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“I say, ‘I’m not afraid of clowns,'” the woman said. “I started laughing. It’s almost Halloween, so I didn’t think too much about it.”Then the clown formed a gun shape with his fingers, the woman said, and mouthed...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection
(CNSNews.com) – Nearly three-quarters of Americans don’t trust that there is a large “scientific consensus” amongst climate scientists on human behavior being the cause of climate change, according to an in-depth survey on “the politics of climate” released Tuesday by...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
Sonny Bono’s estate planning was even more embarrassing than his death skiing into a tree. A political as well as pop figure, with some messy personal relationships, he should have had better planning — or at least some planning. But he had no will and of...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Archived, Defensive Gun Use
FAIRFAX, Va.— The National Rifle Association today launched a $6.5 million ad buy in support of Donald Trump for President, its largest of the 2016 election cycle. The new ad, titled “Kristi,” tells the real-life story ofhow the right to self-defense saved an innocent...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, News & Commentary, Religious Faith
While Kaine offers lip service to being “personally opposed” to abortion (à la Mario Cuomo), his words ring hollow to those who understand abortion to be a social evil that destroys the most vulnerable members of society.Being personally opposed to abortion is like...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Asset Protection, Dying Embarrassed, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
Bob Marley’s estate continues to generate significant revenue decades after his death in 1981. Marley died intestate even though he knew he had cancer and lingered for nearly 8 months. Dozens fought over his estate, worth a reported $30 million. If attacked, do...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
I really doubt the weapon remained holstered. Even if it did, this still qualifies as a defensive gun use as most people would not attempt to tackle a shooter without that protection as a backup at the very least. McAdams said Brock took the shooter down, and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Knife-wielding terrorists are advised to target smaller crowds or someone walking home from a night out or working the night shift, “or someone walking alone in a public park or rural forested area, or someone by himself in an alley close to a night club or...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Gift Tax, Income Tax, Tax Planning
Tell a friend, please — you may have seen me and other estate planning attorneys blogging recently on proposed changes to Section 2704 regulations taking effect at the end of this year. While these changes affect the kind of estate tax avoidance planning that we...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
At the home, Smith tied up his wife using rope, handcuffs and tape. Smith then used his wife’s phone to text Pearce and tell him to come over. Pearce came to the residence. He tried to call 911, but then Cody Smith shot him four times.The sheriff said...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 3, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection
Arnold Palmer acquired a passion for golf from his father, and passed it on to many others. Great legacy, RIP: If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 3, 2016 | Asset Protection, Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories
Hendrix left no will. He fathered two children out of wedlock but his own father, Al Hendrix, legally denied them any claims on the estate, to which he became sole heir. A gardener by trade without any knowledge of the music business, Al Hendrix hired a lawyer who in...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 3, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Defensive (spray) Gun Use of the Day, definitely. Thank God you are “ok” Todd, but please get a firearm if you are going to show up again on my news feed over lunch. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 2, 2016 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans protect families. We make it easy for your family to attain the comfort of skill at arms. David R. Duringer, JD,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 2, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
Because he left no effective will or estate plan, Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s longtime partner was not entitled to the fortune from his Millennium series of books (and the movies based on them). He lived with Eva Gabrielsson for 30 of his short 50 years on...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 2, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Way to Get In The Zone — AutoZone! The gun owner, who is legally licensed to carry a handgun drew his weapon and entered the store as the would-be robbers were demanding cash from the store employees. He demanded the three suspects drop their weapons and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 30, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
The Cartridge Family, at dinner. Little Annie Cartridge wants to get trained, tells her Dad that http://guntrust.org offers free handgun training. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 30, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
Amy Winehouse lived fast and died young — without a will or any other estate planning, of course. Moreover, parents pressured her to divorce her husband yet the romance rekindled and friends say she would have wanted to leave something for her soulmate. Too bad...