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Ohio case on restraining orders and firearms

Eugene Volokh discusses it here. The Ohio Court of Appeals held that a civil restraining order cannot forbid possession of firearms unless the alleged conduct had some nexus to firearms, such as a threat to shoot someone.

Volokh is right about courts issuing restraining orders at the drop of a hat, without much consideration of due process, or even the law. I've seen one that was issued locally where the allegation was "we've having arguments." That was it. No force, no threats; it came nowhere close to meeting the statute.