A protective order can be effective. Especially if it is backed up with a gun. Protective orders are meant to be backed with armed force. The problem is that in many cases, armed agents of the state either arrive too late to be of help, or they cannot stay around long enough to provide effective protection. But when the armed force is in the form of the person who asked for the protective order, the protection is multiplied many times. In this case out of Indiana, the suspect, Jeffrey Frakes, had been released from jail the day before.From wishtv.com:...