Protection orders for a pet?!? WTF? This country has literally gone to the dogs! I wish I knew at least one western country that hasn’t gone B@tsh!t crazy, but there are none or I’d have moved there already.
one ‘what-if’ case in point: Officer Friendly’s spouse files for divorce and ,at the recommendation of their attorney, files a restraining order to keep officer Friendly from visiting their child at times other than the court-designated visitation time. Officer Friendly runs into their kid at the grocery store and says hello.Officer Friendly is then made the subject of an OFP for this infraction and it includes ‘protected pet’, Scraps the Dog. During Officer Friendly’s morning run in the neighborhood while carrying and concealing their personal firearm, Scraps the dog gets loose and runs to his former master. Officer Friendly can’t outrun Scraps and has ‘contact’ with the Scraps in full view of the former spouse who is chasing Scraps. Under this language, that would be deemed “use” of a firearm in the commission of the violation.
Now Officer Friendly loses their firearms rights as well and heretofore is restricted to a desk job.The “remainder of the person’s life is a very long time” and it seems openly vague,too restrictive and open to loose interpretations.