by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 30, 2018 | News & Commentary
I guess all those punitive trust clauses I drafted are kicking in finally. The online survey of more than 16,000 registered voters ages 18 to 34 shows their support for Democrats over Republicans for Congress slipped by about 9 percentage points over the past...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  Latin America has suffered more than 2.5m murders since the start of this century and is facing an acute public security crisis that demands urgent and innovative solutions, a new report warns. “The sheer dimensions of homicidal violence are breathtaking,”...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  Pop culture leaders coming soon to a neighborhood near you: The cartel members interrogated the students at a safe house and beat one of them so badly, he died — prompting them to kill the other two, Torres told the paper. They then took them to another...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  More than 140 children and 200 young llamas appear to have been ritually sacrificed in an event that took place some 550 years ago on a wind-swept bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, in the shadow of what was then the sprawling capital of the Chimú Empire....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  The Church plainly states in its catechism that families are where we learn how to function in society. Makes sense (to most people) but the Criminal Left has an interest in destroying families. “Let’s not muck about with everything that’s...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  Too few folks thinking things all the way through: Essentially, California lawmakers are criminalizing any Christian response to same-sex attraction – even if the man or woman experiencing that attraction does not desire it. While other North American...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  The bias toward criminal leftism is so obvious I am surprised only half recognize the enemy. In a poll released on Thursday, Quinnipiac was more direct. Less than a quarter of the public says that the news media broadly is better described as “enemy of the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  Seems there are more important issues these banks should be focusing on (unless of course their business plan is to coddle up to criminals on the Left): We recently reported on the disturbing trend of large U.S. banks – most notably Bank of America (BofA)...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 29, 2018 | News & Commentary
  Obama’s own CDC had to admit to multiple studies showing the prevalence of defensive gun use (DGU). Too much data already out there. But Clinton’s CDC felt it was better to just sweep the truth under the rug. Shortly after Kleck and Gertz...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 27, 2018 | News & Commentary
  UPDATE: My Textedly account was canceled again, without any notice whatsoever. Support doesn’t answer. I’ve called several times and a recording says “No one is available to take your call.” Though a rep of theirs said i should...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 25, 2018 | News & Commentary
  We may be seeing California’s future in Ukraine’s dystopian present. Normally I like the Washington Times, but this horrible article seems to take the globalist neocon view that Ukrainian militias are Nazi, and that is just not true. A balanced...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 25, 2018 | Incapacity Planning
  Due to medical advances keeping us alive longer, kids increasingly need to take control over declining parents. Your kids may have to take your guns away from you, for example. How will this be done? Make sure this is done how you want, and by whom you...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 24, 2018 | News & Commentary
  The only thing that will stop a bad guy with a knife, safely, is a good guy with a gun. There were numerous opportunities here to stop this guy, but apparently no one was armed well enough with gun and training to stop him in time for this daughter not to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 13, 2018 | News & Commentary
Not completely surprised, given Trump recently bailed on concealed carry. As they say, gun owners are the cheapest date the GOP ever had. The only real “golden showers” are the ones Trump has enjoyed at the expense of naive gun owners. Trump has to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 7, 2018 | News & Commentary
The Holy See responded to the Scalfari article by saying that the comments cannot be “considered as a faithful transcription of the words of the Holy Father”. However, Cardinal Burke criticised the response as “strongly inadequate”. “Instead of clearly...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 7, 2018 | News & Commentary
The killings are part of a surge in firearm and knife crime in the England and Wales. The increase in London homicides has been so profound that for the first time in recorded history the UK capitol’s murder rate has surpassed New York City’s. Source: NRA-ILA |...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 21, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use
School attack fizzles due to quick action by good guy with a gun: As school systems across the country debate arming staff, state and local officials praised the actions of the school resource officer who fired at a gunman at Great Mills High School. “He...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 21, 2018 | Dying Embarrassed, Horror Stories
Horror movie? A man died after lodging his head in the footrest of his electronic seat at a movie theater: the man had dropped his phone and was trying to retrieve it in between the theater’s Gold Class seats at the end of the film. The three Gold Class rooms...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 21, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use
Not much detail but it does illustrate the effectiveness of AR for home defense: Three would-be robbers were shot and killed Monday when an Oklahoma homeowner’s son opened fire on them with an AR-15, authorities said. Story here.
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 19, 2018 | News & Commentary
I’ve often blogged on mass transit, mileage taxes and self-driving cars leading us to Soviet propiska. Now, look at how China plans to use a politically correct social rating to restrict “the untrustworthy” from using trains and planes: Under XI...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 6, 2018 | News & Commentary
Grab some popcorn and watch all seven minutes of this super speech by Virginia Delegate Nick Freitas. Then share widely. Then watch it again as it’s packed with useful info, let it sink in:
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 28, 2018 | Asset Protection, Tax Planning
In addition to changes in life insurance purchase reporting requirements and basis calculation, the recent Tax Cuts and Jobs Act brings the following changes to life insurance planning: The doubling of the estate tax exemption will eliminate the need for most...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 28, 2018 | News & Commentary
After the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting, several prominent companies ended their businesses relationships with the National Rifle Association — and some are facing backlash in public opinion, according to a new poll. A Morning Consult survey of 2,201 U.S....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 28, 2018 | News & Commentary
Great speech by LaPierre at CPAC recently, wants to harden our schools. Be sure to watch the short encore presentation from a few years ago regarding background checks, sandwiched in about 19:45 — NRA has done what it can to shore up background checks but...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 27, 2018 | News & Commentary
Of course, the ideal would be to train EVERY teacher, but this is a start: “These teachers are trained and trained as well in the use of firearms as the average police officer,” said Sidney Middle School armed guard and veteran tactical officer, Rick Cron. “I made...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 27, 2018 | News & Commentary
More and more schools (and states) are allowing teachers and even private citizens to be armed on campus (including some college students). Fatalities and injuries are going DOWN, yet the constant media focus and choreographed anti-gun narrative is brainwashing...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 27, 2018 | Defensive Gun Use
Officer Simon Drobik says that a 34-year-old good Samaritan, who is not being named since he has not been charged with a crime, saw the attack unfold and intervened. “Once he started walking up, he saw that there was a male violently pistol-whipping a female in...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 27, 2018 | News & Commentary
Among Americans who have children of elementary or secondary school age, 61% think the government is more to blame. Just 23% of these adults fault a lack of adequate gun control more. Ninety percent (90%) of all Americans say they have been following news...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 26, 2018 | News & Commentary
I saw a large mountain lion run in front of my car as I was tooling down Pacific Island Drive at 5am. But that was around 1990. Surprised these sightings are still so common in developed areas of OC. “Just as Michael closed the gate to come around to the front...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 23, 2018 | News & Commentary
President Trump, in a speech before CPAC today, called for arming teachers with concealed carry permits to effectively protect the kids in their charge. Partly because of the glaring errors at all levels of law enforcement concerning the recent Valentine’s Day...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 14, 2018 | News & Commentary
OC Register reports: He made off with cash in a newer model Toyota Camry or similar four-door sedan, police said. The victim had several injuries to her face and head as a result of the attack. Authorities are trying to identify and find the man who they...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 14, 2018 | Family Protection, Health Planning, Incapacity Planning
Why is it that Muslim countries seem to figure so prominently in black market organ trafficking, and human trafficking in general? Non-consensual spinal tap — more reason to have a good health care directive these days. Pakistani police have arrested four...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 9, 2018 | Dying Embarrassed, Firearm Training, Horror Stories, News & Commentary
According to an LA Times article here, a top local realtor figured prominently in the recent Laguna Woods shooting: CBS2/KCAL9’s Stacey Butler spoke with Jennifer Heflin, who said the shooting was prompted in part by an argument over remodeling plans. Heflin,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 8, 2018 | News & Commentary
Bermuda’s Senate and House of Assembly passed the legislation by wide margins in December and a majority of voters opposed same-sex marriage in a referendum. “The act is intended to strike a fair balance between two currently irreconcilable groups in Bermuda, by...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Feb 2, 2018 | Family Protection, News & Commentary
If they can do this to our President, they can do it to your family — READ: FISA memo, page 1: FISA memo, page 2: FISA memo, page 3: FISA memo, page 4:
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 26, 2018 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Property Tax, Tax Planning
One of the hidden costs of cheap estate planning is the unexpected and very unpleasant surprise of property tax reassessment. We’ll focus on this topic at our Family Protection Clinic (aka estate planning seminar) lunch meeting on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (Our...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 25, 2018 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Legacy is ninety percent training. What could be more important, under the American concept of ordered liberty, than a family with a legacy of firearm training? We’ll focus on this topic at our Family Protection Clinic (aka estate planning seminar) lunch meeting on...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 25, 2018 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Income Tax, Tax Planning
When it comes to taxes and gun control, it’s hard to keep up with Sacramento and DC. One way is to have your estate planning attorney on speed dial. A smarter way is to have that attorney draft with flexibility in mind, so you can have peace of mind. We’ll focus...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 24, 2018 | Archived, Estate Planning, Health Planning, Incapacity Planning
When you are down for the count, who will be calling the shots for you? You can control what happens, if you know about advance health care directives. We’ll focus on this topic at our Family Protection Clinic (aka estate planning seminar) lunch meeting on...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 16, 2018 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Punishment, Religious Faith
The second item in our Bill of Rights is actually a very Catholic Second Amendment. This may surprise, since although the Catholic Church has a reputation for defending a number of aspects of Family Power, our bishops are not exactly known as big gun rights...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 16, 2018 | Archived, Estate Planning, Incapacity Planning
Cheap trust mill planning rarely plans adequately for incapacity, which is the inability to make your own decisions or manage your affairs. While medical advances are keeping people alive longer, that also means that more of us are living a long time in an...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 14, 2018 | Archived, Asset Protection, Blended Families, Bloodline Protection, Estate Planning, Family Protection
Often when I meet with blended families, they already sense the need for special planning due to their situation but are not aware of the many alternatives. Traditional families often overlook the very significant possibility, even probability in many cases,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 14, 2018 | Archived, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Pet Protection, Punishment, Religious Faith
The term “family protection” is used in many different contexts. For example, in insurance planning it often refers to the concept of “income replacement” for a family bereft of its primary breadwinner. What should “family...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 14, 2018 | Archived, Asset Protection, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Spendthrift Children
You’ve heard a lot about asset protection in recent years — why so much talk about asset protection? We’ll focus on this topic at our Family Protection Clinic (aka estate planning seminar) lunch meeting on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. (Our weekly seminar...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 13, 2018 | Archived, Asset Protection, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Income Tax, Retirement Planning, Spendthrift Children, Tax Planning
For many families, a large portion of the estate rests in a retirement plan which, on its own and without further planning, is essentially a separate estate plan with assets left completely unprotected. How do you protect and preserve the inheritance of retirement...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 12, 2018 | Archived, Estate Planning
One of the most important (if not THE most important) considerations in estate planning is: how to select trustees. Compounding this concern is the new need for trust protectors (no, they are not the same) — how do you select them? can, or should, you select...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 29, 2017 | Defensive Gun Use
Stephen Willeford was at his home on the morning of Nov. 5 when his daughter informed him of gunshots being fired at nearby Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church. A man had opened fire on worshipers and was murdering them in droves. Willeford, disregarding...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 29, 2017 | Archived, Firearm Training
Apparently a recent policy change has some alarmed: A miscommunication on an Orange County Sheriff’s Department web page sparked a small panic in one of the county’s fastest-growing clubs — people who hold concealed weapons permits. The web page, entitled “CCW...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 28, 2017 | Archived, Firearm Training
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 28, 2017 | News & Commentary
What do people do when they can’t get a license to carry? They carry. San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office Detective Salvador Zuno said investigators are looking into the fact the man was carrying a gun without a concealed weapons permit. Story...