Restraining Orders Are Useless
Your safety is your responsibility. An estranged husband barged into a small New Jersey church and killed his wife, injuring a couple other people in the process.
[…] active restraining orders had been issued in California and New Jersey against him after domestic violence complaints by his wife, who had moved recently to New Jersey.
Those orders obviously protected her, eh? If you need a restraining order, you need a plan for your own personal defense. The courts won’t protect you. The police won’t protect you. The responsibility really is yours.
[Note: the biggest mistake this woman made, sadly, was that she moved from one gun grabbing state to another. Both CA and NJ make it very difficult for people to legally provide for their own defense in public. She was obviously in danger and should have moved to a gun-friendly state where she could protect herself.]