by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Vallandigham died in 1871 in Lebanon, Ohio, at the age of 50, after accidentally shooting himself in the abdomen with a pistol. He was representing a defendant (Thomas McGehan)[citation needed] in a murder case for killing a man in a barroom brawl at the Golden Lamb...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
A banana peel I can understand, but an ORANGE peel? Embarrassing: In 1926, while on a publicity tour in New Zealand, Leach injured his leg when he slipped on an orange peel. The leg became infected, and eventually gangrene necessitated the amputation of the leg....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Bad pill: The Emperor died during one of his tours of Eastern China, on September 10, 210 BC (Julian Calendar) at the palace in Shaqiu prefecture (沙丘平台, Shāqiū Píngtái), about two months away by road from the capital Xianyang.[42][42][72][73] Reportedly, he died due...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
For they have eyes, yet cannot see: The hearing was told his body was found in a ditch just 150 yards from his front door.Coroner David Bowen said: “Either he didn’t see or didn’t want to see the ditch, slipped and drowned. Source: Man who pretended...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 18, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Be careful what you wish for? Otis died suddenly in May 1783 at the age of 58 when, as he stood in the doorway of a friend’s house, he was struck by lightning. He is reported to have said to his sister, Mercy Otis Warren, “My dear sister, I hope, when God...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 17, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
How’s this for red-faced: a 21-year-old aspiring rapper, tweeted about driving drunk at 120 mph minutes before dying in a fiery one-car crash that killed the rapper and four others. Source: Ervin McKinness, Aspiring Rapper, Tweets ‘YOLO’ About...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Alcohol and drugs may have had something to do with it, too: On February 25, 1983, Williams was found dead in his suite at the Elysée Hotel in New York at age 71. The medical examiner’s report indicated that he choked to death on the cap from a bottle of eye...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Dr. Frank Ryan, plastic surgeon to Heidi Montag and other celebrities, was sending Twitter messages about his border collie before his fatal car accident. Source: Plastic Surgeon Was Texting Before Fatal Crash – Heidi Montag : People.com If attacked, do you want...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Even Evil Knievel urged him not to do it: A Canadian daredevil, curled up inside a specially designed barrel, plunged from the roof of the Astrodome to his death before 35,000 spectators as the barrel missed a water tank meant to cushion the fall. Source: 35,000 Watch...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Health Planning
Put YOUR words down in your family constitution, before you lose them: A mysterious brain disorder can be confused with early Alzheimer’s disease although it isn’t robbing patients of their memories but of the words to talk about them. It’s called...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Even lawyers can die embarrassed (but never estate planning lawyers!): Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane with his shoulder and plunged 24 floors to his death. A police spokesman said Garry...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
Here’s a way to die embarrassed: an American Boeing engineer residing in Gig Harbor, Washington,[3] died from injuries received during anal sex with a stallion at a farm in an unincorporated area in King County, Washington, near the city of Enumclaw. Source:...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
They drowned because their servants were prohibited from touching them. Embarrassing, to say the least. Source: Sunandha Kumariratana – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed
A 44-year old Kalispell man is dead after being hit on Highway 93 Sunday night. Troopers say Randy Lee Tenley was wearing an apparently store-bought ghillie suit when two vehicles struck him. Source: Hwy 93 victim dead after alleged Bigfoot stunt | Missoula Local News...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
Two masked men carried out an armed robbery at South Coast Plaza late Friday night, police said. Source: Masked men hold up Zara at South Coast Plaza – The Orange County Register If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | News & Commentary
A Muslim immigrant from Africa unleashed a bloody machete attack on patrons at a restaurant owned by a Christian Arab Israeli in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday night and the FBI is now investigating it as a possible act of “lone-wolf” terrorism. CBS News was first to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Good news in the case of a GM subcontractor who briefly lost his job due to violating GM policy by carrying a gun on premises as a concealed carry licensee: An employee at a Michigan General Motors Technical Center said he was fired after he pulled a gun to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 15, 2016 | News & Commentary
If you are in the market for a gun safe, “I know a guy” — actually, several. Be careful out there. 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 | Feb 14, 2016 | News & Commentary
Go figure: If you have a choice to be in a gun-free zone or a legal-to-carry setting, you are less likely to be the victim of a mass shooting where it is legal to carry guns. Source: Mass Shooters Prefer Gun-Free Zones If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim?...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 14, 2016 | News & Commentary
Cosmopolitan here instructs women on how they should interact with those it labels “gunsplainers” — Goebbels would be proud. 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 | Feb 13, 2016 | Archived, Horror Stories, News & Commentary
Uh-oh: Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said. Source: Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 10, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“As he breaks up the fight, he takes one kid and then the other jumps [on] him. Now he’s fighting two of them and he’s calling for an assist officer at the same time,” Chitwood said. “There’s a crowd of 40 or 50 kids watching...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 10, 2016 | News & Commentary
So who’s buying all the guns? While there are, no doubt, current gun owners who are simply stocking up, multiple dealers – Relihan included – pointed to two groups that have stood out of late: women and first-time gun owners. Lee’s Weaponry owner Jeffrey Mathenia said...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 10, 2016 | News & Commentary
During prohibition in the US, the SS Monte Carlo sat in international waters to allow gamblers, drinkers and revellers to indulge their vices Source: Wreck of notorious gambling and prostitution ship lost at sea in 1936 is revealed by violent El Nino storms –...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 10, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
The suspects kicked in the basement door, which awakened the woman’s son, who in turn woke her up and told her he thought someone was in the house. Source: Mother of 2 surprises teen burglars with gunshots – Guns.com If attacked, do you want to be Victor...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 10, 2016 | News & Commentary
An FBI criminal complaint (view here) alleges an ISIS supporter named Khalil Abu-Rayyan planned to attack a church capable of seating 6000, by shooting and beheading people in a martyrdom attack. Key allegation is that he selected the church based on its status as a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 10, 2016 | News & Commentary
I always counsel firearm students against purse carry. When I think of purse carry, I think of kids accidentally shooting themselves or others. Tragic cases of this abound. But the modern kid appears to be devolving into something more hideous. Be prepared — you...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 10, 2016 | Archived, News & Commentary
Does anyone take this guy seriously? Everyone out there with a phone that uses thumbprint for access knows the technology is not anywhere near perfect, and when you are in a hurry (like in a gun fight) it is far less than perfect. Then you have to remember that damn...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 10, 2016 | Estate Planning
Hopper made numerous changes to his estate planning documents instead of waiting for his divorce to be final. These included: Changing his life insurance beneficiary designation. Making sure Duffy was not listed in his will or trust as a beneficiary. Verifying that...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 10, 2016 | Asset Protection, Creditors & Predators, Retirement Planning
There are several states, notably California, that have become increasingly aggressive in pursuing traditional IRA assets in liability cases. Accordingly, investors should seek to keep as much as possible in segregated ERISA-sponsored retirement investments, as they...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 10, 2016 | Estate Admin, Estate Tax, Tax Planning, Trust Admin
The instructions for Form 8971 (report of final estate value for assets to be distributed) are not exactly clear on whether the form must be filed where an estate tax return (706) is filed merely for porting deceased spousal unused exclusion amount (DSUEA): The filing...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 8, 2016 | News & Commentary
In what appears to be a great case for gun owners, sending shockwaves out possibly as far as California, the Fourth Circuit (decision pdf here) has remanded a case involving Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” and “high capacity...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 8, 2016 | News & Commentary
The San Bernardino terror attack in December has renewed a debate over the Second Amendment among local officials. One city official has responded to the Dec. 2, 2015, massacre by Islamic terrorists Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, 27, by calling...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Man fires into crowd at gas station wounding three, armed citizen returns fire: During the course of the investigation, detectives determined that Macklin was the aggressor in the incident. He will be booked once he is released from the hospital. The other...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 8, 2016 | News & Commentary
All of this is happening in a city with an “assault weapons” ban, a “violence tax” that raises the price of every gun and bullet sold at retail, that limits the number of gun stores and the locations of those stores, and, what the New York Times describes as, handgun...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 8, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, News & Commentary
Source: WalletHub Source: 2016’s States Most Dependent on the Gun Industry | WalletHub®
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“I could have shot him right in the head between the eyes. But I didn’t want to do that,” said the homeowner. Source: Armed 92-Year-Old San Jacinto Homeowner Scares Off Burglar « CBS Los Angeles If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 8, 2016 | Family Maintenance, Family Protection, News & Commentary
Hard to believe, I know, but some consider this Super Bowl ad controversial. Protect family, folks. 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 | Feb 8, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Probably the most obvious and most important part of the change when choosing to carry a firearm is the sense of security it brings. Source: The Change: A Woman’s Personal Journey With Concealed Carry | USCCA If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 8, 2016 | News & Commentary, Venture Protection
Women who conceal carry couldn’t find what they need, so they’re launching their own startups tailored to lady shooters. Source: Women are reshaping the gun industry – Feb. 2, 2016 If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 8, 2016 | Firearm Training
Not the safest way to practice or the most stable shooting platform, but the stance may have other benefits. 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 | Feb 8, 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 | Feb 7, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
A burglar allegedly attempting to steal property from a Sanger house Thursday night was surprised when the 70-year-old homeowner met him with a raised handgun and ordered him to the ground. Source: 70-year-old Sanger man pulls gun on burglar, detains him until police...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 7, 2016 | News & Commentary
Will Everytown for Gun Safety please stop this, right now? Their video is an effective propaganda piece, eliciting a negative emotional response to guns. But the reality is quite different. Look at just two recent cases — one in Arizona, and one in...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 7, 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 | Feb 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Funny story — read it: “He said, ‘I want your car,’ I said, ‘so do I.’” Source: Woman thwarts robbery 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 | Feb 5, 2016 | Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, News & Commentary
“Welcome to the life of dating Chloe, who is more of a man than some men sometimes.” Beautiful actress, off to a great start. I’m thankful she is in Hollywood. Now if we could just get her to remember to call that thing she pulls back a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 4, 2016 | News & Commentary
If gun control works anywhere, shouldn’t it work on an island? New figures show that the number of murders and manslaughter deaths increased by 14 per cent last year bringing the annual total to 574, or 11 deaths a week. Source: Violent crime jumps 27 per cent...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 4, 2016 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Add drunk coyotes to your list of things to be frightened about: In Canada, coyotes build snowmen. Source: Coyotes staring down drivers may be high on mushrooms | Fox News If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die...