Estate Planning for Family Protection
[This article is republished on CalCoastNews.] Most estate plans fail. I say that because almost all of my clients (my practice is limited to estate planning) have family protection as their primary, overarching objective, yet very few estate plans are designed...Police Chief Dies After Negligent Discharge While Changing Clothes
Filing this under “Dying Embarrassed”. There are plenty of examples going way back of cops and other security types, up to and including Secret Service, foreign and domestic, negligently leaving weapons behind due to improper bathroom technique that...FBI 2025 Active Shooter Report
A few days ago the FBI released its report on 2025 active shooter incidents. You can find the full report here. Or you can skim my highly edited excerpts below: In 2025, the FBI identified 34 active shooter incidents nationwide, a 42% increase from the 24 incidents in...Gun-Free Australia and Canada Have Much Higher Violent Crime than US
The murder rate in both Australia and Canada is only about half the murder rate in the US. But murder is only a tiny fraction of a percent of violent crime and the vast majority of murders in the US are committed within tiny areas spanning a few blocks in a few...41% of Murders Occur in Worst 1% of Counties
Dr Lott’s CPRC reports: The worst 1% of counties (the worst 31 counties) have 20% of the population and 41% of the murders. The worst 2% of counties (63 counties) contain 30% of the population and 54% of the murders. The worst 5% of counties contain 46% of the...Armed Bystander Saves Lives at Idaho In-N-Out Mass Shooting
[UPDATE: A friend of mine who has well-placed law enforcement connections disputes whether our privately armed bystander (“Jordan”, apparently) was a factor in forcing retreat of the attacker. His sources indicate the off-duty trooper’s fire was more...Liquor License Lookup for Armed Californians to Avoid Restaurants Serving Alcohol
Under California Penal Code §26230(a), those licensed to carry a concealed firearm may not do so in places like the following, for example: (9) A building, real property, and parking area under the control of a vendor or an establishment where intoxicating liquor is...Montenegro Has Greater Percent Licensed to Carry Than USA
The percentage of adults in Montenegro that are licensed to carry a firearm is greater than 11%, far higher than the percentage licensed to carry in the USA (less than 8%) and probably even greater than that number augmented by those actually carrying without a permit...FLP Planning Still Risky if Sloppy
A little over twenty years ago i completed my second law degree, an LL.M in Tax, which took me the typical year and a half, going full-time, while also maintaining my estate planning practice. (My daughter is currently working on her LL.M in Tax but is shaving a year...Trump Accounts, Education & Estate Planning to Protect Kids
Trump Accounts are a popular topic for discussion these days. Where do they fit in with estate planning to protect your kids? The short answer is they don’t fit in at all with your estate planning to protect your kids. Not that they are a bad idea. With the...Nick Reiner Wants Trust Fund to Pay for Defense Despite Slayer Statute
I never cease to be amazed at the number of wealthy people with truly crappy estate plans. Here is yet another one. I mean, it’s one thing to have a trust that fails to protect your kid, fails to let you haunt them when they do wrong, but it’s quite...True Blue Kids Way Ahead of Dead Red Kids in Good Sam Sweepstakes
[UPDATE 07/27/2026: Just a few days after posting, this Lifeguard Kid made us proud here in the dead red state of California. So heroic, Trump wants to honor him at the White House. Yes, there is heroism in California.] When it comes to kids stepping up as Good...Sensitive Places are Insensitive Places
There are some truly sensitive places, but they are few in number. You know a sensitive place by the high-level security measures protecting it — secure entry, screening for weapons, reliable armed security personnel, and the like. Most of the places the...Bearing Arms at Home
While the number of Americans bearing arms in public has increased rapidly, apparently a lot of us let our guard down at home. As much as i idolize Clarence Thomas, i regret this statement of his in Bruen: This definition of “bear” naturally encompasses public carry....Judge VanDyke Urges SCOTUS to Benchslap Ninth Circus Colleagues via Summary Reversal of 2A Cases
Judge VanDyke issued a scathing dissent in the Ninth Circuit’s recent Knife Rights, Inc. v Bonta decision denying en banc review. The decision let stand a very questionable panel decision upholding California’s total ban on switchblades in a facial...Atty Dave Duringer on KPRL 20260709 re Handgun Training, Ukraine War
KPRL host Karen Velie invited me again to appear on her Sound Off show yesterday:Link here. First half hour focused on my free gun training with a particular focus on my “shooting stance” article from three years ago, which Karen republished on her Cal...Trump Lauds Destroyer of Constitution Who Thwarted Him on Birthright, Voter ID
Several days ago on July 1st, President Trump honored Theodore Roosevelt at the opening of his presidential library in Medora, North Dakota. It is hard not to admire TR for his many great personal qualities. On the other hand, he destroyed our Constitution and...SCOTUS 6-3 Wolford Decision Stakes Vampire Rule, Foreshadows Death for Overbroad Sensitive Place Restrictions
The US Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Wolford v Lopez (slip opinion here, released today) delivered as well as could be expected, driving a stake so hard into Hawaii’s fiendish vampire rule that similar rules in California and elsewhere will be stricken...Supreme Court’s Unanimous but Narrow US v Hemani Decision Holds 2A Rights Not Lost for Mere Use of Marijuana
Even before the watershed Bruen decision, it never made sense that one could be thrown in prison for 15 years and lose one’s Second Amendment rights for life merely for using a controlled drug like marijuana, even relatively minor, intermitent, occasional use....Rates of Concealed Carry in Eastern Europe
Rates of Licensed Concealed Carry in Eastern Europe Czechia (Czech Republic)Adults: 8.5mmLicensed adults: 314039 (3.69% of adults) Estonia Adults: 1.1mmLicensed adults: 25,000-30,000 (2% to 3% of adults) Lithuania Adults: 2.3mmLicensed adults: 56,948 (2.48% of...Wealth Managers Move to Capture the Shitty Estate Plan Segment
Wealth managers move to capture the highly competitive shitty estate plan (a/k/a crappy estate plan) segment. From the article: The effort is not just to help advisors elevate estate issues with upper-high-net-worth clients, but also to prompt and work with those in...The Let’s Pretend World of LLC Planning as Estate Planning
LLC planning can be an important part of estate planning. (I’m using “LLC” here as shorthand for any form of business entity, for-profit or not.) Unfortunately, quite a few people mistake LLC planning for estate planning. It’s NOT estate...Suicide with your Coffee? Canadian Doc Assesses Patient for MAID outside a Timmy’s
Death by doctor (assisted suicide) is out of control in many places around the globe, including stateside and even right here in California, but nowhere does it seem as wild as under Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Story here discusses Canadian...Mouldy European Gun Control predated Moldy American Gun Control by over 500 Years
Mouldy European gun control predated moldy American gun control by over 500 years, and the arguments were largely the same. That is well documented in a new book, The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, that delves into the early...The Property Management Legacy
I often speak of the importance of incentive trust planning for values transmission, something i include at no extra charge when drafting basic, foundational estate plans. In particular, my practice encourages and facilitates transmission of firearm training, however...Where might gun-controlled UK beheading?
[UPDATE: Starmer’s suppression of anti-beheading speech and protests has apparently placed him on the brink of resignation. Modern Brits perhaps don’t want to share the fate of several wives of Henry VIII.] Where might gun-controlled UK beheading? More...Iron Sights v Red Dots, Which is Better for Carry?
Red dot sights have soared in popularity in recent years and most people seem to feel they shoot better with red dots than with iron sights, but is that really true for defensive handgun carry? A recent study by Gun Digest appears to indicate the answer is negative....Atty Dave Duringer on KPRL re Ukraine War 20260604
Host Karen Velie invited me again to appear on her Sound Off radio show last Thursday on KPRL (AM 1230). CalCoastNews reporter Josh Friedman also appeared again, this time by telephone from Ukraine right after his attendance at the Black Sea Security Forum in Odesa....Hispanics, Blacks, Wealthy, Far Left, Far Right, Republicans, Singles, City Folk, have Highest Rates of Concealed Carry
This interesting study at Dr Lott’s CPRC offers quite a few thought-provoking observations on which social groups have the highest rates of concealed carry throughout America generally. Many people, in particular many white people, like to talk a great deal...Defensive Gun Use is 5x Offensive Gun Use by Criminals
Dr Lott posts results from several 2021 studies indicating the frequency of defensive gun use is about five times that of offensive use by criminals. According to the 2021 National Firearms Survey, there are an estimated 1.67 million defensive gun uses each year....FBI Data Says Rifles Used in Only 3% of Gun Murders (all types, including “Assault Weapons”)
A recent Pew Research study of FBI data for 2024 has found that rifles of all types (only a fraction of which are so-called “assault weapons”) are used in only 3% of gun murders. This is consistent with other findings over the years. Makes sense because...Noisome and Wife “Trying to Institutionalize Our Values So That They Carry On Beyond Our Term”
Gavin Newsom's wife: we have to use the powers of government to stop boys from becoming right wing pic.twitter.com/S8ewWvv0qj— captive dreamer (@captive_dreamer) April 6, 2026 In the video at left, Mrs. Noisome admits “we are trying to institutionalize our...Did Trump Just Orbanize Steve Hilton?
I may be going out on a limb here, but did Trump just orbanize Steve Hilton? Some of us in MAGA are mocked for painting a picture of Trump playing 4D chess, for example in excusing Trump’s horrible rhetoric on Ukraine and especially his treatment of Zelensky in...Estate Planning as Cure for Family Estrangement
A recent AMAC article sheds some light on the terrible modern scourge of Family Estrangement: According to counselor James Scott, in the majority of cases involving estrangement from parents, “it is the adult children who initiate the separation. They often describe...List of Americans Killed by Illegal Immigrants
There is a website here compiling and regularly updating a list of Americans killed by illegal immigrants. Of course it’s not a complete list and many will remain unknown. But this is definitely a good...Australians 67% More Likely Than Americans to be Victims of Violent Crime
CPRC has found that Australians are 67% more likely than Americans to be victims of violent crime, obviously because of widespread victim disarmament under their oppressive gun laws (would be a lot higher except there was a huge increase in US crime under Biden): In...Transgenders Commit Disproportionately High Share of Mass Shootings
FBI statistics evaluated by CPRC show transgenders commit a disproportionately high share of recent mass shootings, possibly more than 16 times their share of population: Different estimates place transgender individuals at varying shares of the population, and...Study Shows 90% of Red Flag Orders Ex Parte, No Threat of Crime in Vast Majority of Cases
A new study indicates that around 90% of red flag orders are ex parte (no noticed hearing), and that in the vast majority of cases there is no threat of crime. Most of these orders are apparently out of concern for self-harm, which red flag orders are very poorly...Order Allows Post Office Carry Despite Trump Admin Efforts to Limit
[UPDATE 7/17/26: FPC announces here that DOJ has abandoned its appeal. Technically, only FPC and SAF members are covered by the injunction, but hopefully the inequity, especially after Wolford, will spur repeal of the insane statute and termination of the insane DOJ...Teacher Sexual Misconduct Rampant in US Schools
Teacher sexual misconduct is rampant in US schools and is now a serious public health concern according to new research: In fact, exclusive interviews with leading researchers and forensic psychologists on the subject and an investigation by Breitbart News into the...Atty Dave Duringer on KPRL re War in Ukraine 20260402
Host Karen Velie invited me on short notice to appear on her “Sound Off” show on KPRL last Thursday. Topic? The war in Ukraine. Also appearing: her fellow CalCoastNews reporter Josh Friedman, who has reported professionally from Ukraine many times. My own...Gun Planning in DPA Sign of Shoddy Estate Planning?
California law has been clarified regarding use of powers of attorney for gun transfers, and in some respects has made using a power easier than other options — for example, agents under powers of attorney are exempt from the requirement of obtaining a Firearm...ITAR Compliance with Firearm Legacy Trusts
Although my practice is based in coastal California, where you would expect to see less gun ownership, because my practice focuses on the planning needs of gun owners they constitute a majority of my clientele. Virtually all of the trusts i draft for these gun-owning...What is a Natural Born Citizen?
(Dread Pirate Roberts and his Barrett.) [UPDATE 20260630: While not exactly on point, the slip opinion from today’s SCOTUS decision in Trump v Barbara supports much of what i wrote below (not the goofy/treasonous Roberts opinion, but the brilliant dissents).]...LawNews.TV’s 2026 Guide for Iranian Sleeper Cells in California
CCW laws confusing? Trouble finding that perfect venue? LawNews.TV releases this 2026 guide for Iranian sleeper cells in California. After the failure to pass SB 918’s list of its top 25 places for mass shooting, several years ago we posted on Noisome’s...LGBT Content in 41% of Netflix Children’s Programming
A report from Concerned Women for America finds LGBT content in 41% of Netflix children’s programming in 2025. Findings: Across all age categories (TV-G, TV-Y, and TV-Y7), 33% contained LGBTQ+ characters, themes, storylines, or messaging. 41% of G-rated series...GOP Disillusionment over 2A, Ukraine, LGBT, etc.
Thirteen years ago FPC hired me to argue against magazine capacity limits proposed by LA City Council. Just another dumb idea that people properly trained to bearing arms would never consider: UPDATE: Just a couple days after posting this article, here is a statement...Radio Appearance Re High-Tech Lynching of Dave Duringer in Morro Bay
Here is link to stream last week’s radio appearance re “High-Tech Lynching of Dave Duringer in Morro Bay”, with Barry Fisher on KPRL’s “Protecting What Matters”. I’m grateful to Barry for inviting me — first chance...California AG Claims Open Carry Terrorizes Children, Seeks En Banc Rehearing
California AG Rob Bonta, claiming open carry terrorizes children, now seeks en banc rehearing after Ninth Circuit panel Baird v Bonta decision striking down California’s open carry ban. (As i discuss here, the decision validated arguments i have made for years...
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