Abusing Ex Parte Restraining Orders-Letter to Governor Malloy

A real concern for victims of domestic violence would address the abuses of the system. Only by limiting the process to relief for the victims whom the laws are intended to protect will the courts and law enforcement have the resources to afford the protections promised. By ignoring these abuses in HB-5054 it is apparent that the victims of domestic violence are not the concern. The passage of HB-5054 will continue to signal that any use of the restraining order process, whether legitimate or not, is acceptable as long as it achieves the confiscation of firearms.