Mesatchornug
NES Member
It sounds like that woman would be served by therapy, perhaps a period of supervision, or maybe even confinement.I gotta admit I'm conflicted on this one
I was the guy who had his (former) wife call the police and say I hit her just to get me out of the house....oddly enough I wasn't even the same room.
The police were there for all of two minutes, started questioning her motives and constantly changing details and she recanted.
That was the last time I ever saw her outside of a court room. If she hadn't backed off and decided to file the RO my life would be different.
The one thing I always remember with her single friends is she was the first one to recommend they go down the court and get an order when a relationship went south if a guy just called back after he was asked to stop.
So yeah, it's horribly abused.
By the same token, that same women (off her meds) was hauled out of the house in cuffs years before and had an RO against her and I wouldn't want her to get anywhere near a firearm, or a drink or drug.
What sucks its impossible to tell who the psycho is.
Leaving her free in the world without some or all of the above helps nobody. If we're to assume it's appropriate to remove her access to firearms, would we also block her from cars? knives? hammers? rope? drain cleaner?