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(85 posts)I this would take his guns away.
http://www.womenslaw.org/laws_state_type.php?id=12812&state_code=US&open_id=12820#content-12821
If the order meets certain requirements, it is illegal for the abuser to buy, own, or have a gun in his/her possession during the period of time that you have a final order of protection.
The requirements are:
the abuser has to be given notice of the hearing and an opportunity to attend (whether or not s/he actually attends doesnt matter), and
the abuser must be either your current or former spouse, a person who you have a child in common with, or a person you live with or have lived with in the past,* and
the order of protection must contain specific legal language:
it has to forbid the respondent from harassing, stalking, threatening, or behaving in any way that causes the petitioner to fear physical injury for herself or his/her child AND
either state that the abuser represents a threat to the physical safety of the petitioner or her child OR
specifically prohibit the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the petitioner or his/her child.**