by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 12, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“As soon as Megan my girlfriend opened the drawer he said I don’t want any trouble just give me all the money,” Hoblit said. “At that point my girlfriend’s instincts kicked in and we had a pistol underneath and she grabbed the pistol pointed it right at his face and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 12, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“I’m sure it is a contracted hit. Somebody wants the property,” said Bowers.And as he looks through everything that was lost, Bowers says he’s not mad, but his heart hurts for Steve Krzyzewski. He was trapped in the house and later died at the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 10, 2016 | Health Planning
Remember to finish that estate plan that you started, and the health care directive, too! Protect.LIFE 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...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 10, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
An attempted armed robbery in Lauderhill, Fla., on Sunday again proved the old adage, “Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight.”According to Lauderhill Police, 35-year-old Andy Louis Willis walked up to a Port Orange man sitting in his pickup around 9 p.m. on...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 10, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
This kind of scenario unfortunately repeats itself occasionally, and you should train to be alert for it so you can avoid shooting if at all possible — intoxicated man mixes up your tract home for that of his ex, then gets really angry when he sees...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 10, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player A Madras woman shot and wounded a reported burglary suspect late Monday night in her southeast Madras duplex, police confirmed Wednesday. Source: Madras woman shoots reported burglary suspect | News –...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 10, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Jacobsen says the elderly man retrieved a pistol. As the door began to open he fired a single shot that struck the suspect in the head, killing him. Police are searching for two other suspects.Jacobsen says officers found a baseball bat near the suspect’s...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 10, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
A homeowner shot and killed one of three people who broke into the resident’s home early Friday near College Park, police said.Now, a manhunt is underway for the two other suspected intruders who got away. Source: Police: Homeowner shoots, kills intruder in south...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 10, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
I handled about 4000 eviction appearances in the early nineties, many of them emotional, at times involving women who might be described as battle-axes, but these were court appearances and I rarely had to go out on premises and never did I encounter an actual...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 10, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
A Fresno man said having a concealed weapons permit saved his life.Police said the man was attacked by a man with a knife, who possibly tried to rob him. The suspect, however, soon found out he messed with the wrong person. Source: Attacker runs away after...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 7, 2016 | Archived, Retirement Planning
Fact Sheet Department of Labor Finalizes Rule to Address Conflicts of Interest in Retirement Advice, Saving Middle-Class Families Billions of Dollars Every Year U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration I. Summary Since 1974, when Congress...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 7, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, 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 | Apr 7, 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 6, 2016 | Health Planning, News & Commentary
Give a mouse a cookie, it’ll want a glass of milk: Doctors should have the right to take organs from patients who want to die so they can be used in transplant surgery, a prominent medical researcher has suggested. Those who want to be killed should be sedated...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 6, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
The above video is very instructive. You would think a drawn gun would stop someone with a knife, but some people want to die (“suicide by cop”) or are just plain nuts. [An armed citizen may encounter such a situation — I did several years ago when a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 6, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
L-U-C-K-Y. Armed Dad better. A 51-year-old city man incapacitated one of three suspects after being shot during a home invasion and robbery Monday night near Rosemary Drive and Aurora Street, according to Rochester police.Capt. Mark Wiater said that around...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 6, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Police said a loss prevention officer made contact with Solis in the parking lot and he tried to flee. However, the loss prevention officer was able to catch him and the two became involved in a struggle. During the struggle, police said a second suspect went...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 6, 2016 | News & Commentary
Great, well-researched article appearing in the OC Register: Pappas seized his opportunity and received a permit. Late last year, he found himself in a position to draw his gun in public for the first time, when he came upon assailants beating a young teen with the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 5, 2016 | News & Commentary
The 1964 Queens slaying of Genovese, whose desperate cries for help were ignored, set the standard for urban indifference and became the basis for what social psychologists dubbed the Bystander Effect. …. Reports at the time said neighbors heard her screams but...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Jacobsen said they are known to each other and the sheriff’s department believes this to be a robbery attempt for narcotics. Jacobsen added they do not believe that the homeowner is dealing narcotics. The man is an older gentleman who uses prescription...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Some will use this case to argue against open carry. Deterrence didn’t work, did it? No, but no one claims deterrence will always work. An open carrier must be prepared to retain the weapon or use a backup weapon of some sort (lots of options, including a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
News Channel 8 reporter Lindsey Mastis and photographer Malik Parler were driving to another story when they saw a man with his hands up, and another man with a handgun pointed at him outside the Culbreath Chapel at 302 Kennedy Blvd. Source: News Channel 8 there as...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 5, 2016 | Asset Protection, Creditors & Predators
Mossack created bespoke shell companies, often located in international tax havens like the British Virgin Islands, Panama and the Bahamas, for wealthy clients looking to house assets in secret. Transactions generally occurred through a series of intermediaries to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 4, 2016 | News & Commentary
Wisconsin started issuing concealed carry permits in November of 2011. In the last 53 months, they have issued 300,000 concealed carry permits and you probably won’t be shocked to learn that permit holders have been exceptionally law abiding. Only one permit holder...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 4, 2016 | News & Commentary
There are a lot of strange tropes floating around in American popular culture about self-defense, many of which are so counterintuitive that it’s often difficult to know where to start when refuting them. Recent reports that more and more seniors are taking interest...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 4, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
Shelby, who sits on the Appropriations, is chairman of the subcommittee that watches over the Justice Department. He said the president is wrongfully using his pardon powers in ways that counter his own administration’s policy – which says commutations are for...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 4, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
The March record is the eleventh straight monthly record for background checks. The unprecedented streak, which began in May 2015, has included all-time records for both monthly and yearly sales. With 7,682,141 checks processed through the FBI’s National Instant...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 4, 2016 | News & Commentary
Across Switzerland, there was a surge in people applying for gun permits in 2015. Was crime a driver?Switzerland is becoming safer. Police recently flagged up that crime rates fell by 7% in 2015, reaching a seven-year low. In 2014, homicide was actually at its...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 4, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
Source: SB 6165 – 2015-16 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...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 4, 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 | Apr 4, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
WTOC-TV: Savannah, Beaufort, SC, News, Weather & Sports He said the two suspects fired at him and in return he fired back. The suspects then ran from the home and no one was injured.Blake says his gun saved his life, and all law-abiding citizens should consider...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 3, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
As noted previously, ATF’s new Rule 41F eliminates the Chief Law Enforcement Officer (CLEO) signoff requirement for acquiring NFA items, and replaces that with a requirement to notify the CLEO. This new Idaho law ensures privacy of that notification: Yesterday,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 3, 2016 | News & Commentary
According to a report from Judicial Watch, four ISIS terrorists were apprehended this week at the Mexican border in a span of just 36 hours. This morning, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, was asked about the latest...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 3, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
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 3, 2016 | News & Commentary
Following news that Greensboro, North Carolina-based The Fresh Market caved to Moms Demand Action and will no longer serve armed law-abiding citizens, Breitbart News thought it timely to provide a list of businesses that refuse submit to the campaign to disarm...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 31, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
Could lead to an outbreak of common sense, too bad it won’t happen in Cleveland: AUSTIN — While gun rights advocates wrangled Monday with the Secret Service over firearms at the Republican National Convention, the Texas GOP confirmed it will allow both open and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 31, 2016 | Firearm Training
The safest way to secure a firearm in the bathroom is with the use of a barrel post. Some shooting ranges—including Gunsite—have these caliber-specific posts mounted on the restroom walls and they allow you to slide the gun into a safe position so you can perform your...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 31, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
On Monday, a judge ruled that several gun restrictions in the Mariana Islands Commonwealth violated the Second Amendment. The Commonwealth, located near the Philippines, is a 179-sq.-mile U.S. territory with a population of about 55,000. At issue was the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 31, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
A little training can avoid a lot of headache: “I called out, ‘What are are you doing in my home,’” she told KTVT on Monday.She said she then grabbed her gun and fired at a man police have identified as Saul Guzman, 21, until she had no more bullets. The other...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 31, 2016 | News & Commentary
On a recent Monday at the Austintown Senior Center, activities included painting, bingo and shooting guns.Around 9:45 a.m., a dozen people in their 60s and 70s bundled into a van and several cars and headed to the nearby American Range shooting gallery, whose lobby...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 31, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
Today, Thursday, March 31, Governor Terry Branstad (R) signed House File 2279, the Hearing Protection Act, into law. HF 2279 passed the House of Representatives with a 74-24 vote and the Senate with an overwhelming, bipartisan 46-4 vote. HF 2279 will go into effect...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 31, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
CHICAGO (WLS) — A man whose father was shot in a home invasion more than 50 years ago, shot a would-be burglar who was breaking into his elderly mother’s South Shore apartment early Thursday.The shooter’s mother, Bertha Tate, 88, said she has kept a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 30, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
“I think some conservative Republicans feared there would be an anti-gun vent to the presentation and I think some Democrats feared there would be a pro-gun vent to the presentation,” said sponsor Weiler.Utah is not the first state to move towards training for youth...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 30, 2016 | Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, News & Commentary
“I think I need to learn how to shoot a gun. Can you help me?”Whether it’s coming from a friend, colleague or family member, these are the words that everyone who loves the shooting sports should be thrilled to hear. It can be hard for someone who...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 30, 2016 | News & Commentary
Tennessee recently became the seventh state to proclaim an official state firearm since 2011, after Utah designated the M1911 its official state pistol. Which six other states have made similar resolutions, and which were their chosen firearms? Read more about them...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 30, 2016 | News & Commentary
Heard about this story yesterday, while I was in a remote part of NEVADA firing off THOUSANDS of rounds with my wife and daughter: APPLE VALLEY (CBSLA.com) — The FBI on Tuesday continued to investigate an incident in which 17 men were detained for reportedly firing...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 30, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
Riveting decision nails aerospace employer: Despite the clear language of Mississippi’s law, numerous employers have for years openly defied it. They insisted that because the legislature did not expressly provide for a remedy in the law, they could still continue to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 28, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today won a major victory when a federal judge for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) declared the commonwealth’s ban on handguns to be unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. Source: FEDERAL...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 28, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
A group of three men approached a taco stand in Los Angeles, Calif. and attempted to rob the business. An employee of the taco stand responded to the threat by retrieving a gun and firing at the thieves, striking one and causing his accomplices to flee. The wounded...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 26, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
But we still recommend having an estate plan because left to their own devices everyone else will do dumb things with your stuff while you are off enjoying eternal life, and more importantly, as a good steward you will want to use that stuff to transmit the wisdom you...