Oh, if that were only the case. Timothy Emerson was thrown in jail for possession of a handgun after his wife requested a restraining order for some trumped-up B.S. Emerson never got a trial to see if the restraining order was warranted. There is never a trial to see if domestic violence restraining order is warranted; they are issued as a matter of course in many divorce cases. Your assertion is absolutely, 100% wrong. Any civilian who did these things would be forever denied the right to own weapons; federal law says so.
For the record, here's what really happened to these cops: "None of the officers was prosecuted. Four were fired, one resigned, 19 were suspended for periods of time, seven received warnings and 48 were cleared of the allegations leveled against them." Sounds like they all got 'due process' to me, and they got off lightly.
Emerson got tossed in jail because he bought a gun while under a restraining order. Not a Temporary Restraining Order, a restraining order that had been issued by a judge after a hearing. Emerson was summoned to the hearing and did not raise an objection to the order. It's not like you say, you are 100% wrong. He was aware of the conditions of the order and should have acted accordingly. He got arrested for obtaining the gun after the order was issued, he did not already have the gun and was not pinched with no warning as you imply. In spite of his actions he did catch a break from one judge before his case was reversed by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals . He then got a jury trial. The jury convicted him. He got lots of due process.
Any civilian who did these things would be forever denied the right to own weapons; federal law says so.
Restraining orders usually are only in effect for three years.