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Take a protection from abuse order for example. Wife goes down to the local court house and says my husband threatened to kill me with his gun. Mind you no police report was ever filed, no investigation took place, no jury of your peers. Judge grants order and wife drops it off at the local sheriff office to be served. Police tell husband he is instantly barred from his house and his guns are to be turned over. Not one criminal charge is ever filed.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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Take a protection from abuse order for example. Wife goes down to the local court house and says my husband threatened to kill me with his gun. Mind you no police report was ever filed, no investigation took place, no jury of your peers. Judge grants order and wife drops it off at the local sheriff office to be served. Police tell husband he is instantly barred from his house and his guns are to be turned over. Not one criminal charge is ever filed.

^^^^^^
In my experience this sort of thing is state specific. There are penalties for false statments. Domestic violence laws also differ from state to state and depend also on the attitudes of local law enforcement.