I’m not sure why you’re bragging about that...
Who’s bragging. I think you misunderstand.
The point is I had exactly the opposite problem as the person in the article. A felonious individual that I had to secure a restraining order against and I was told by a deputy to return his weapons. If he wasn’t a felon and the order had expired, yes, I would have done so. Still, when I asked the deputy to send someone to give him his weapons they refused. I wanted the deputy to hand the felon his weapons, not me. Even if the order had expired, I would want a law enforcement official to give him his weapons, not me, who had the order against him. It was way to volatile a situation and there was no way I wanted to be around this person under any circumstance.
I know individuals who have had restraining orders against them who also have never gotten their weapons back, but they were not felons, most victims of vindictive wives or girlfriends.