"Haymarket's acting police chief, Sgt. Gregory Breeden, got his gun back yesterday.
"Breeden had lost his right to carry a weapon two weeks ago after his wife accused him of breaking down their kitchen door with an ax and was granted a temporary restraining order. "
Who among us hasn't taken an ax (Stipulation, Your Honor--it was a sledgehammer) to a door from time to time?
The point here isn't to judge the guy's actions, though. We all know how restraining orders can be used as tools of vengeance, and how our rkba can be denied without any finding of guilt.
The point here is, if the guy wasn't a cop with connections, what do you think the chances for this outcome would have been?