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...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 5, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Training
In the 1988 film “Biloxi Blues,” a young World War II Army recruit played by Matthew Broderick is going through summertime training in Mississippi. Being from New York City, he is amazed by the temperature. “Man it’s hot. It’s like Africa hot. Tarzan...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 5, 2016 | News & Commentary
This post is yet another attempt to scare you into getting your estate plan done. Never know what might happen at the beach. Tsunami, shark, snake, even a “snark” as pictured at right. “I didn’t think it would be a rattlesnake, I didn’t think they would be...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 4, 2016 | Estate Admin, Trust Admin
Continuing a recent trend liberalizing rules on trust funding, yet another California court case has deemed a trust to be funded with real property even in the absence of a deed expressly referring to the trust: Carne v. Worthington If attacked, do you want to be...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 4, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Admin, Horror Stories, Probate Admin, Trust Admin
Widow vs. children. This happens more commonly than decedents expect before they die. Perhaps a total return unitrust would have worked here. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 4, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Admin, Horror Stories, Probate Admin, Trust Admin
Whitney Houston’s estate in the news again — death of her daughter and failure to update her plan means assets are back in Whitney’s estate. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 4, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Admin, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
$300 million and no estate plan? That’s embarrassing enough to turn someone purple. 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...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 3, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
From NRA-ILA: On Friday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) released a draft of a proposed rulemaking that would supposedly bring the agency into compliance with what it claims is its responsibility to report prohibited persons to the National Instant Criminal...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 3, 2016 | News & Commentary
The First Amendment means nothing without the Second Amendment. If the cops cannot prevent their own cars from being smashed, how can they keep your head from being smashed? 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 3, 2016 | Archived, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
As I often say, Legacy is only 10% giving stuff away and 90% training. And if you train your family to train others, that is a very fine legacy indeed. 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 3, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
This may sound heretical, but be very wary of NRA firearm training. The NRA is unparalleled as a political powerhouse, and is hugely important in teaching firearm basics and launching new certified firearm instructors. But if you don’t go beyond the basics...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2016 | News & Commentary
BELLEVUE, WA – The selection of Harriet Tubman, a slave-born African American abolitionist and gun owner who worked in the Underground Railroad before the Civil War is a good choice for the $20 bill because it underscores the importance of the right to keep and bear...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Training
Choosing to legally carry a handgun for personal protection is a big responsibility that must be taken seriously. Above and beyond which caliber is the best or what action type to choose, there are a variety of important considerations which need to be taken into...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Training
More women are choosing to protect themselves and their families with concealed firearms these days, and for good reasons. A greater variety of easy-to-pack pistols are available now than ever before. Many states are providing firearm permits with affordable fees and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2016 | Firearm Legacy
Next fall, Liberty University students with concealed handgun permits from the state can get permission from the school to keep their guns in safes in their dorm rooms. Source: Liberty University to allow handguns in residence halls next fall – NewsAdvance.com :...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2016 | Firearm Training
Establishing a bond with a pocket pistol is similar to marriage—in one way: You have to be willing to accept compromise. To make any compromise worth the effort, there must be a clear objective. In this case preserving your life is the goal, and pocket pistols,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Training
Experts in the field of personal protection advise their students to arm themselves with the most powerful defensive handguns they can manage. But how much felt recoil any one individual can deal with is governed by a variety of factors. Age, injury, illness or a lack...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2016 | News & Commentary
Finally, a police dog was deployed to try to take Lastra down, Hamel said. When Lastra turned his knife on to the dog to defend himself, officers fired and wounded him. Lastra was taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Source: Man shot...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, 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 | Apr 30, 2016 | News & Commentary, Retirement Planning
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 | Apr 28, 2016 | News & Commentary
Allison Anderman of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence says, “The fact that these laws may be difficult to enforce in some cases is not an argument against enacting them.” Source: Report: ‘High Capacity’ Magazine Bans Have No Impact in CA Cities If...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 28, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
California has seen a surge in gun sales in recent months, with background checks hitting new highs, continuing trends that began after last year’s terrorist attack in San Bernardino. Source: California gun sales spiking in 2016 | 89.3 KPCC If attacked, do you...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 27, 2016 | Firearm Training
Women are turning to firearms in droves. The NRA reports that women are the fastest growing market within the shooting industry. It’s no surprise that gear companies are now catering to this growing sect of shooters. While the “pink it and shrink it” business model...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 27, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Slightly different take on situational awareness than Front Sight’s “color codes of mental awareness”: First we Observe. Even though we process approximately 80 percent of the information we receive with our sense of sight, we can (and do) make...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 27, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
Anti-Trump protesters, please take note: Some Trump supporters are armed when they attend rallies, and some are less public about it than others. The California race is critical and there is a sense that things could get out of hand (even more than it already...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 27, 2016 | News & Commentary
Here’s one thing we do know: the decrease in the proportion of suicides that are firearms-related coincides with a historic increase in gun sales. Faced with this fact, gun control advocates can’t say that “more guns = more suicide.” Well, they can and they will, but...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 27, 2016 | Firearm Training
Apparently this is yet another case of purse carry taking a life (though the article does not make this clear). Thankfully, it was not a child killed this time. MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office says witness accounts indicate a child in the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 27, 2016 | News & Commentary
Even strong Democrats are against Clinton on this issue! Seven of 10 American voters do not support allowing crime victims to sue firearm manufacturers and retailers when firearms they made or sold lawfully after background checks are used illegally in crime. Instead,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 27, 2016 | Archived, Firearm Legacy
Apparently, we were suckered into believing Brad Pitt was pro-gun. Those of you who care about Firearm Legacy can now remove him from your wills — or at least, your Netflix playlists. On May 4, actor Brad Pitt (World War Z, Fight Club, Mr. and Mrs. Smith) will...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 27, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Good tips. Read the article. “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Source: Tips for the Aging Shooter – USA Carry If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 27, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy
Apply the wisdom in this article (read the whole thing) to a trust instrument, and you have Firearm Legacy. So, what about the topic of firearms, then? There’s another doozie, right? Well, I’ve actually been told many times that I am a terrible parent for exercising...