by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 20, 2016 | News & Commentary
The suspect fled in a black, four-door sedan. Sheriff’s deputies searched the area but did not find him.“Because of the crime, we felt the need to make the community aware,” Stichter said.The suspect is described as being Hispanic in his 30s, 5 foot 2 inches tall, 145...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 19, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
If this is “common sense” why is California the only state running off this particular cliff? The package of bills, which de León called “common sense,” is now en route to the Assembly, who will vote on the bills as well. If approved, the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 19, 2016 | News & Commentary
“It” happens here, too. No one killed this time. Have they killed before? Will they kill in the future? 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...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 19, 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 | May 18, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Religious Faith
You train “shoot to STOP” not “shoot to kill” — though of course that may be the result of using lethal force. There must be no specific intent to kill. Article 7. Whether it is lawful to kill a man in self-defense? Objection 1. It would...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 18, 2016 | Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, News & Commentary, Religious Faith
This video/article makes an excellent point. Families are losing ground to the cultural marxists because FAMILIES are not setting the terms of debate. (BTW, I happen to think an excellent way of doing that is with your estate plan.) Last Friday, Obama’s cronies...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 17, 2016 | Charity, Firearm Legacy
OK — this one’s a hit. 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...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 16, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
From NRA-ILA: NINE Anti-Gun Bills Heading to the Senate Floor Yesterday, May 16, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed and sent nine anti-gun bills straight to the Senate floor. This move is of great concern not only for the egregious subject matter of the bills...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 16, 2016 | Charity, Estate Tax, Gift Tax, Income Tax, Property Tax, Religious Faith, Tax Planning
Through our work with the Andersons, Pitcairn has seen firsthand how a family can build a lasting philanthropic legacy, and we’ve identified five key traits that contributed to their success. We believe other wealthy families can better achieve their own philanthropic...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 16, 2016 | Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Historically, abortion was decriminalized for the first time by Lenin, in 1920. In America, it was only done 53 years later, in 1973, through the famous trick of the Roe vs. Wade case. No-fault divorce was enacted for the first time in the Soviet Union 1918, shortly...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 16, 2016 | News & Commentary
“Did anyone try to help the woman?,” FOX 29 asked, “No one, just bystanders, smiling laughing. Just standing around like a normal day, like nothing was even happening,” the witness said. You can see from the video that no one tries to intervene...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 16, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
California gun rights groups won an important victory today regarding Alameda County’s ban on gun stores within 500 feet of a residential zone. Read the full opinion here. In an attempt to further its conclusion that the 500-foot rule was reasonably tailored,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 16, 2016 | Firearm Training
Good video. Just remember never to store a gun while you are using it, and while awake you should nearly always be using at least one (safely holstered). 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 | May 16, 2016 | Firearm Training
Good intro to the OLD way to clean guns. Ugh. 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...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 16, 2016 | Firearm Training
Why does this video leave me feeling like I just watched PBS and listened to NPR? NRA does certain things better than anyone, and I wish it would stick with those things. 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 | May 16, 2016 | Firearm Training
Below are a few notes from Day 2 of my recent private training — didn’t cover quite as much as Day 1 as I needed to get on the road about noon (one of the perqs of private training is you can set your own schedule): Shoulder straight down on Count 3—no...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 14, 2016 | Firearm Training
At the outset of Carry Life, we made a reference to defensive pistol icon Col. Jeff Cooper’s awareness levels, or as he called it, the “Cooper Color Code.” The code itself is simple in concept, and of long standing. It—or something very like it—is essential to the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 14, 2016 | Family Protection
Next time some money-laden fudd brings up hunting with shotguns to draw a line between you and them, make sure they know their market share is shrinking and that the real action is on your side of the line: Sixty-six percent (66%) believe self-defense is the main...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 14, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) warns that anti-gun lawmakers will be relentless in their legislative assault, as they want to secure success for their favorite gun control proposals before Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has a chance to step in and upstage them via...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 14, 2016 | Firearm Training
PAHRUMP, NV — Halfway through a two-day private training session with instructor Matt Jeng at Front Sight, here are my notes from Day 1 (see also Day 2): Finger on trigger at Count 4, slack out beginning ~ Count 4.5 (when you can see sights) Thumbs relaxed to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 13, 2016 | Firearm Training
Regular “Carry Lifers” know we much prefer to stick to the useful, the objective, the constructive. Now and again, however, we happen across such outrageous claptrap that comment becomes necessary, mainly because it’s not useful, objective (or corrective, as in this...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 13, 2016 | News & Commentary
More than 100 so-called “medical” groups called for an end to the ban on federal funding for gun-control efforts by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). In reality, the list is padded with political advocacy groups, such as five chapters of Physicians for Social...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 13, 2016 | News & Commentary
FBI background checks for gun purchases have surged by more than a third this year, compared to the first quarter of 2015. Source: Gun background checks surge 36% this year – Apr. 7, 2016 If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 13, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Training
PAHRUMP, NV — At Front Sight this weekend for two days of handgun private training. Most of the training I’ve done over the last year has been with rifle and this is my first handgun training since last June, when I was finally able to pass Front...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 12, 2016 | News & Commentary
Protect and serve: At the time of the March 8 shooting, Watsonville police detective Elizabeth Sousa recommended that parents keep their children’s bedrooms away from street-facing windows. “I personally would make sure that you keep your children...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 12, 2016 | News & Commentary
Record numbers of women are applying for concealed carry permits in the state of Washington. From the beginning of 2013 through the end of April, the population of female CCW holders has increased 62%. Women now comprise over a quarter of the 535,596 Washington...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 12, 2016 | Firearm Training
First, the good news: the number of deaths resulting from the accidental or negligent discharge of a firearm is at a 25 year low, if not an all time low. This applies to all age groups—there were 69 fatal accidental shootings involving someone under the age of 15 per...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 12, 2016 | News & Commentary
I can understand some parents saying this, and I’ve had a few clients give everything to charity rather than their kids — but a congressman? Things are so partisan today most folks vote the straight party line, even though they don’t know s*** about...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 11, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Training
» QUESTION: With the evolving current events in the United States and the rest of the world, the two of us have made the decision to own one or more firearms, probably handguns, for personal protection purposes. We have resisted this measure for some time simply due...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 11, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
Payback time: Just as vote-by-mail ballots are about to land in mailboxes, the Firearms Policy Coalition is releasing their legislative report card for the 2015 legislative session. Each legislator is graded based on how they handled priority legislation. Actions such...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 11, 2016 | News & Commentary
Suicide by cop situation, with “AR” which stands for “Armalite Rifle” not automatic rifle. ARs produced today for civilians are semi-auto, not full auto, and based on the clip (video segment) I would say this was definitely an ordinary...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 10, 2016 | News & Commentary
This year I’m celebrating Mother’s Day as an actual mother for the first time. Not surprisingly, my anti-gun or non-gun owning friends have asked if my perspective on firearms and the Second Amendment has changed. They want to know if I finally believe that guns are...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 10, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Training
Carry Life doesn’t have many friends we count as dear as Cris Bonser, and not just because she’s a smart, classy lady, and splendid companion for a range day. She strikingly refutes the boorish stereotypes the anti-gunners maintain of anyone who enjoys shooting and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 10, 2016 | News & Commentary
Throughout the 1980s and ’90s, the Centers for Disease Control created so much thinly veiled anti-gun propaganda that in 1997 Congress withdrew funding for further anti-gun studies. Since then, there’s been an increasing call from the medical community to get CDC back...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 10, 2016 | Firearm Legacy, News & Commentary
If it seems like the entertainment on your TV screen has become more blatantly anti-gun recently, it’s not your imagination. Hollywood really is becoming much closer to the anti-gun groups, according to Variety’s Ted Johnson. Everytown for Gun Safety and Brady...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 10, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
Washington state has issued more than 25,000 concealed-carry licenses since the beginning of the year, according to the state Department of Licensing. This influx of new licensees, which averages more than 6,300 per month, has brought the state’s total number of...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 10, 2016 | News & Commentary
The message, and its hypocrisy, are clear: “Don’t do as I do, just do as I say.” It’s the same arrogance and hypocrisy we get from Hillary Clinton, Michael Bloomberg and elitists everywhere, who demand arms for their own protection but deny them to others. As George...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 9, 2016 | Archived, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Available to both private and public colleges and universities of all sizes and in all 50 states, the NSSF Collegiate Shooting Sports Initiative Grants are awarded to qualified applicants on a first come, first served basis each year. The 11 schools awarded grants for...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 9, 2016 | Estate Planning
Mostly good points here: Ten Questions Advisors Should Ask When Hiring an Estate Planning Attorney Source: Photo Gallery: Ten Questions Advisors Should Ask When Hiring an Estate Planning Attorney | WealthManagement.com If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim?...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 9, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
Today the Trump campaign filed its delegate list with California’s Secretary of State, as required under CEC 6461. Mr Trump’s recent rise in the polls apparently led some in the campaign to shift focus toward the general election, opting mostly for...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 8, 2016 | Firearm Training
Might be time for one of these, considering I have four rifles sitting uncleaned for weeks. No time anymore for the hassle of manual cleaning — which is not as thorough as this anyway. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 8, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
So much irony here. The socialist watermelons hijack four green environmental bills and turn them into red socialist gun grabbing bills. Who’d a thunk it? From NRA-ILA: Contact the members of the Senate Public Safety Committee Now! Last week anti-gun legislators...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 8, 2016 | Family Maintenance, Family Protection
The world is going crazy — which, as it happens, is a prerequisite for communism. “There were a few parents that did not think the father-daughter dance was inclusive, when actually, it was at all times,” York told WISTV Tuesday. “It was never...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 8, 2016 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection
This Sunday is Mother’s Day, and while Americans don’t think much of it as a holiday, most still believe that being a mother is the most important role a woman can play. Source: 60% of Women See Motherhood As Most Important Role – Rasmussen Reports™ If attacked,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 6, 2016 | Family Protection, Religious Faith
The latest backlash Target received as a result of its transgender bathroom policy was a letter from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asking the company to provide its safety policies to protect women and children from “those who would use the cover of Target’s...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 6, 2016 | Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Religious Faith
‘The family ends up abolished’ “What we are really talking about is the abolition of sex,” Stella Morabito, senior contributor to The Federalist and an expert on cults and propaganda, told LifeSiteNews. “And it is sex that the trans project is serving to abolish...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 6, 2016 | Family Protection, Religious Faith
The father not only wants his daughter to cease taking hormone blockers but also to cease all contact with transgender activists or transgender-friendly therapists. Source: Court orders dad to start treating his 11-year-old daughter as a boy | News | LifeSite If...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 6, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Health Planning, Horror Stories, Retirement Planning
“The heating/cooling system in this senior citizen complex is recklessly configured putting this low income, senior citizen population at great risk. In order to cut corners on cost, the owner and management company are responsible for the death of Neal...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 5, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Training
Read the whole article but disregard these two moronic sentences and carry everywhere, even at home: Most of us do not typically carry on-body in our home as a matter of course. However, we do often have a handgun stashed near where we spend most of our time at home....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 5, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Training
The majority of states that issue concealed-carry permits allow for the carrying of multiple handguns. Not many civilians do so, however, but there is a degree of understandable logic there. Source: Shooting Illustrated | The Second-Gun Advantage If attacked, do you...