A protective order can be effective. Especially if it is backed up with a gun. Protective orders are meant to be backed with armed force. The problem is that in many cases, armed agents of the state either arrive too late to be of help, or they cannot stay around long enough to provide effective protection. But when the armed force is in the form of the person who asked for the protective order, the protection is multiplied many times. In this case out of Indiana, the suspect, Jeffrey Frakes, had been released from jail the day before.
From wishtv.com:
According to the caller, Frakes had just been released from the Clay County Jail on December 14th, where he was serving a sentence for domestic violence against the 911 caller.The protective order by itself was not enough. An armed resident stopped the intrusion; the protective order was then effective as a means of legal protection, to put the offender back in jail.
The resident of the home said Frakes entered the home and threatened to kill them. That is when the 911 caller began firing shots at Frakes with a handgun.
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Police found Franks at his mother’s home in Hymera, Ind. with two gun shot wounds.
Franks was taken to the Sullivan County hospital.
A Probable Cause Affidavit was signed, which charged Frakes with Invasion of Privacy, a violation of the protective order.
It has become a truism that when seconds count, the police are only minutes away. This is true, but it does not mean that police are ineffective at fighting crime. They are necessary to provide backup for the armed citizen, and to enforce the results of due process of law. If we had no legal system to back up an armed citizenry, our lives would be far more difficult and dangerous. An armed citizenry and police are natural allies, inspite of disarmists attempts to drive a wedge between the two groups.
Most police support armed citizens; as more and more citizens routinely exercise their right to be armed, the support has grown and solidified.
People in domestic situations do stupid things, both men and women. In this case, a violation of a protective order after just being left out of jail, is particularly stupid. I pray that both parties in this tragic circumstance are able to learn from their mistakes and are able to put their lives back in order. It is especially hard to do that from a hospital and with a felony conviction.
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