by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 25, 2016 | Estate Admin, Probate Admin, Trust Admin
Poor estate planning often leads to bitter fighting that can last years. Here are 11 high-profile examples of long-running estate conflicts, many of which could have been avoided with a little foresight. Source: Photo Gallery: Eleven Long-Running Celebrity Estate...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 25, 2016 | Health Planning
Are improvements to healthcare directives necessary and possible? The answer is an emphatic YES! As a trusted advisor, you can blaze the trail for your clients.In the past three decades, a relatively low percent of adults have completed a healthcare directive. So what...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 25, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
Sacramento now helping ISIS close in for the kill, thanks to NRA’s bungled Peruta which pushed concealed carry at the expense of open carry. AB466 would tighten the existing “good cause” requirement for a license. It requires the applicant to prove...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 25, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
America witnessed a remarkable and telling legislative showdown this week that revolved around a very simple concept underlying American democracy. That concept is due process. Some were willing to discard it for the sake of politics and the illusion of safety. Others...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 23, 2016 | Asset Protection, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning
The beneficiary designations on financial accounts are crucial decisions that will impact the success of a financial or estate plan. Here are 10 common mistakes that advisors should discuss with their clients. Source: Photo Gallery: Top 10 Beneficiary Designation...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 23, 2016 | Estate Planning, Tax Planning
About 2,500 years ago, the coolest kids wanted to be either generals or philosophers – or both – like Sun Tzu. That’s when Sun Tzu wrote his famous book of strategy, The Art of War.You may know that the book and its timeless lessons have been studied at West...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 23, 2016 | News & Commentary
Could explain why some cops are against permitless carry: an NYPD sergeant assigned to the gun license bureau, was arrested on charges of conspiring to commit bribery Source: NYPD officers charged in corruption probe – The Washington Post If attacked, do you...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 23, 2016 | 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 | Jun 22, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Horror Stories, News & Commentary
Just because you can’t take it with you doesn’t mean you should let the government have it! Celebrities often live firmly in the moment, maintaining lavish lifestyles and basking in the adulation of legions of fans. In fact, it’s likely this very...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 22, 2016 | Estate Admin, Probate Admin, Trust Admin
Executors are bound by a bewildering array of responsibilities and duties. Here are 10 common pitfalls to avoid. Source: Photo Gallery: Top 10 Executor Mistakes | WealthManagement.com If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 22, 2016 | 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 | Jun 22, 2016 | Firearm Legacy, News & Commentary
Time spent arguing in favor of more gun control overwhelmed time devoted to opposing gun rights by 65 minutes and 12 seconds, to just eight minutes and 12 seconds. Source: Exploiting Orlando: Nets Advance Anti-Gun Agenda By 8 to 1 If attacked, do you want to be Victor...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 22, 2016 | Family Protection, News & Commentary
The Obama Administration “grossly misrepresented” the number of crimes the criminal aliens it released from custody in FY 2014 subsequently committed by nearly tenfold, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) charges. Source: Report: Released Criminal...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 22, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, News & Commentary
But then Kuntzman really took a journey to deep left field. He explained, “I’ve shot pistols before, but never something like an AR-15. Squeeze lightly on the trigger and the resulting explosion of firepower is humbling and deafening (even with ear protection). The...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 21, 2016 | Archived, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, News & Commentary
Gun control bill AB-1511, which limits loaning of firearms to immediate family members, was passed today out of the Assembly’s “Public Safety” Committee. Criminals everywhere are rolling on floor laughing (ROFL) at the new restrictions on law-abiding...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 20, 2016 | Estate Admin, Probate Admin
Executors (or administrators) of estates shoulder a great deal of responsibility. For this reason, trusted professionals familiar with the process are often the best choices. However, in many cases, the deceased’s closest family member (child or spouse usually) is...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 20, 2016 | Retirement Planning
The individual retirement account market, which now accounts for over $7 trillion in assets, is undergoing some significant changes. There are now a number of IRA custodians that permit investments in private placements, real estate and other non-publicly traded...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 17, 2016 | Family Protection, Religious Faith
Que(e)ry — will (s)he keep the stinger? Disney/Pixar’s upcoming film Finding Dory features a transgender stingray who transitions to become “Sting-Rhonda,” the film’s star Ellen DeGeneres revealed in an interview. Source: Ellen DeGeneres: Transgender Stingray in...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 17, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Family Protection
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 17, 2016 | News & Commentary
Since her tirades against Trump I grow weary of Dana’s polemics, and since recently hearing her on the radio say that for more stopping power she would opt for a .45 over an AR-15, I now even question the depth and extent of her gun knowledge. But this is a good...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 17, 2016 | Archived, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, News & Commentary
Below is an article by Charles Nichols, appearing in NewsBlaze which is linked below. [Normally i just post an excerpt with link but i’m posting the entire article due to the importance of this case, which i support fully (though i am less critical of the NRA...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 16, 2016 | Estate Planning
When a celebrity dies, by sudden tragedy or through nature’s course, the public is commonly fascinated and demands to know every last detail. Here we will reveal their final words before they died… Read on to find out the amazing last words of Prince, Steve Jobs, Amy...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 16, 2016 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Health Planning, Retirement Planning
Women who put in long hours in their careers greatly increase their risk of developing life-threatening illnesses, including heart disease and cancer, a new study has shown. Source: Working long hours harms women but protects men, study shows If attacked, do you want...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 16, 2016 | Archived, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Health Planning, Religious Faith
But now a new study by the Centre for Cardiac Research at the University of Manchester has shown that cells from a failing heart actually survive for longer when they are given a Viagra-like drug which is normally used to treat impotence in men. Source: Erectile...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 16, 2016 | Archived, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
I don’t follow the NRA format in my classes, but this may be of interest. 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...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 16, 2016 | Archived, Family Maintenance, Family Protection
Preppers take note. 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....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 16, 2016 | 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 | Jun 16, 2016 | News & Commentary
Labour MP Jo Cox has been shot and killed in an attack in West Yorkshire today.The 41-year-old mother of two was shot three times and stabbed just before 1pm in Birstall in her Batley & Spen constituency. Source: Jo Cox dead: Latest updates after Labour MP dies...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 16, 2016 | News & Commentary
Gun shops typically see a spike in customers after mass shootings. But this time, many are seeing shoppers they’ve never really seen before: More gays and lesbians. Source: Gun sales surge among gays, lesbians after Orlando shooting | FOX31 Denver If attacked, do you...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 16, 2016 | News & Commentary
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 | Jun 16, 2016 | News & Commentary
Robbie Abell, owner of a south Florida gun shop, says he alerted authorities that a suspicious man had come in asking about body armor. Source: Gun Shop Reported ‘Suspicious’ Omar Mateen to FBI – Breitbart If attacked, do you want to be Victor or...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 15, 2016 | Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
This assault* revolver is made possible by new training methods, perhaps, but mainly dogged, old-fashioned perseverance. Another shooting great, Bob Munden, is shown immediately below (further down is an idiot). I met Mr Munden at a Front Sight July 4th party,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 15, 2016 | 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 | Jun 13, 2016 | Career Preparation, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Religious Faith
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 13, 2016 | Estate Planning
Vocabulary basics: For many people, the hardest part of determining how assets will be distributed after death is sifting through estate planning terminology and documentation. Help your clients get started on their estate plans by reviewing these three basic concepts...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 13, 2016 | Archived, Trust Admin
OK, scratch Northern Trust: The New York Daily News was recently approached by a whistleblower named Aaron Mascarella, a former vice president of lending at the bank, with a series of potentially damning secret recordings that suggest that Northern Trust executives...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 13, 2016 | News & Commentary
“[A] preliminary review of the 911 call indicates that the officers were at the wrong location,” Dutton said. Source: Police go to wrong house and shoot owner | www.ajc.com If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 13, 2016 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Religious Faith
A top British thinker has claimed young women are in the grip of a “hysteria” which has made them unable to cope with being offended. Claire Fox, head of a thinktank called the Institute of Ideas, has penned a coruscating critique of “Generation Snowflake”, the name...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 13, 2016 | 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 | Jun 13, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
Gen. David Petraeus and retired astronaut Mark Kelly announced Friday they are forming a new gun control group for veterans.The Veterans Coalition for Common Sense will push to strengthen gun background check laws and help prevent veterans from committing suicide. It...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 13, 2016 | Family Protection, Religious Faith
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 12, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Training
Sometimes defensive shooting outside the home is necessary. Rarely is it so humorous. 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....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 12, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, News & Commentary
John Lott points out last night’s mass shooting in Orlando occurred in a “gun free zone” and that media reports fail to mention this, and of course Dr. Lott is right that if it were not a gun free zone then much life could have been saved: From the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 12, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
Conservatives generally oppose judicial activism on such issues as the constitutional right to kill babies, and we need to call out our own when they wander off too far into such activism as it rarely ends well for conservatism generally. Case in point: BREITBART...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 11, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Health Planning, Retirement Planning
Good article, points out some real problems: “Shooting is about his only interest in life,” said JoAnne Schnepp, who has avoided broaching the topic with her husband, though she knows his physical and mental abilities are likely to decline. “Then I will have to look...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 10, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
The Ninth Circuit’s en banc decision in Peruta must be taken for all practical purposes as a ruling in favor of Open Carry, at least in terms of where the law is headed in this Circuit. Yet California’s largest gun rights forum bars discussion of Open...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 9, 2016 | Archived, Family Protection
Pretty much as expected. NRA really blundered in failing to support open carry here, in the hope that the absence of open carry would protect concealed carry. Wrong. Preserve open carry and the elites will rush to help you conceal it with all alacrity and celerity....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 8, 2016 | Family Protection, Religious Faith
The good news is that it might possibly qualify them for a CCW: Out of 7,848 people identified as being in the U.S. alone, 1,445 were listed as having addresses in California, 643 in Florida, 341 in Washington, 333 in Texas, 331 in Illinois, and 290 in New York....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 8, 2016 | Asset Protection, Creditors & Predators, Family Protection
News9.com – Oklahoma City, OK – News, Weather, Video and Sports | Yet another reason to avoid outright distributions in your estate plan: It’s called an ERAD, or Electronic Recovery and Access to Data machine, and state police began using 16 of them...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 8, 2016 | Asset Protection, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Spendthrift Children, Tax Planning
Here are the six primary benefits of a lifetime discretionary trust: 1. Protection From Liabilities An inheritance that goes directly into the beneficiary’s pocket is readily available to pay the beneficiary’s liabilities from a car accident, in bankruptcy, or after a...