Does an Order of Protection automatically exclude someone from having guns?
No. You may ask to have guns removed from the home of your abuser in your petition for an Order of Protection for the time period covered by the OOP. See this section on Federal Gun Laws and Domestic Abuse for more information. *If your abuser is in the military or is a law enforcement officer, there is a federal exemption allowing these individuals to carry a service weapon while on duty. If there is a conviction of a domestic abuse crime, these individuals no longer have exemption. If you look at the sample forms from Washington County, below, you will see that there is a place for a judge to prohibit the respondent from possessing or receiving firearms during the term of the Order.
