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Happy No Kings Day, America!

by | July 4, 2025 | Asset Protection, Blog, Estate Admin, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family Protection, Fortune, Gift Tax, GST Tax, Honor, Income Tax, Life, News & Commentary, Property Tax, Tax Planning | 0 Comments

Happy No Kings Day! Happy Independence Day! Happy Fourth of July, America! Usually i try to get a newsletter emailed on or about the Fourth to celebrate and include some kind of wisdom from the Founders, which is pretty much what i do with all my newsletters, but that...
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Judgment Entered Against City and 2 Police Chiefs in Duringer v Morro Bay #2A Victory

by | May 5, 2025 | Asset Protection, Blog, Business Succession, Career Maintenance, Charity, Creditors & Predators, Defensive Gun Use, Dying Embarrassed, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Fortune, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Horror Stories, Incapacity Planning, Life, Limitation of Liability, News & Commentary, Operation & Governance, Punishment, Regulatory Compliance, Religious Faith, Retirement Planning, Venture Protection, WorldExaminer.com | 0 Comments

My recent post Victory for #2A in Duringer v Morro Bay gave little detail, but i can now report judgment was entered today in favor of Plaintiff David R. Duringer (that's me!) jointly and severally against all three defendants: the City of Morro Bay; former police...
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US Military Vet Hijacks Plane with Knife, Passenger Shoots

by | April 24, 2025 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Dying Embarrassed, Horror Stories, News & Commentary | 0 Comments

US military vet hijacks Belize plane with knife, stabbing three including pilot, gets shot and killed by passenger carrying pistol. Story here.
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Lawsuit seeks to require San Luis Obispo to honor Donor’s Wishes re Canet Adobe

by | April 24, 2025 | Blog, Charity, Estate Admin, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Fortune, Honor, Horror Stories, Trust Admin | 0 Comments

Here is yet another example of estate plan failure due to lack of family control. Public agencies and nonprofits usually cannot be trusted over the long term to faithfully fulfill testamentary intent. Did the San Luis Obispo City Council fail to honor the wishes of a ...
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CA’s 1-in-30 Ban Still Blocked, So Californians Can Buy More Than One Gun a Month

by | April 24, 2025 | Blog, Estate Admin, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life | 0 Comments

I spoke yesterday on California Gun Trust Planning at the Atascadero Rotary Club and was asked whether a gun trust can help avoid application of California's one gun a month law which prohibits purchase of more than one firearm over a thirty-day period (aka "1-in-30...
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Carry a Firearm, Not a Byrna

by | April 14, 2025 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life | 0 Comments

Carry a firearm, not a Byrna! While it is definitely a good idea to carry a non-lethal alternative for self-defense, there are many such alternatives that are smaller and easier to carry than a Byrna. Very few people would carry both a firearm and a Byrna. If i have...
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Study: Armed Citizens Beat Police at Stopping Mass Shootings

by | April 8, 2025 | Asset Protection, Blog, Creditors & Predators, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Fortune, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life | 0 Comments

A new study by Lott and Moody shows that armed citizens are much more effective than uniformed police at stopping potential mass shootings. The study concluded: The results favor intervention by armed citizens. Unlike uniformed police officers, armed citizens are...
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Judge VanDyke’s Brilliant Dissent Video (Duncan v Bonta)

by | April 8, 2025 | Blog, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, GunLaw.Pro, Honor, Life | 0 Comments

The video at top left is a brilliant "dissent video" by Judge Lawrence VanDyke of the Ninth Circuit, part of his recent dissent in Duncan v Bonta. (Video below that is my daughter Ayn, who is now finishing up her first year at University of Florida School of Law.)...
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31% of Gun Owners Have Used Gun Defensively, 82% of Uses Require No Firing

by | April 2, 2025 | Blog, Defensive Gun Use, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Life | 0 Comments

A recent study indicates that 31% of gun owners have used a gun defensively at least once over their lives. (I am in this category, and many of my students have confirmed their own defensive gun use (DGU) experiences.) Furthermore, the same study indicates 82% of...
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Man Sentenced for Attempted Murder of Pismo Beach Cop Loaded Rounds Backwards in Mag

by | April 2, 2025 | Blog, Dying Embarrassed, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Life, News & Commentary | 0 Comments

I should probably have a "Dumb Criminals" category but as an estate planner i'll stick with "Dying Embarrassed". This man was convicted of attempted murder because, even though he pointed his semi-auto handgun at a Pismo Beach cop's head and pulled the trigger, he had...
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