First, define "abuse."A man abuses and threatens his ex‑wife. She tells a judge that she is frightened and that he is armed. The court orders him to stay away from her. Should it also order him to give up his guns?Of course it should. If a protective order is to mean anything, the court must do all that it reasonably can do to keep a vulnerable person from becoming a homicide statistic. [More]
If she's telling the truth, arrest him, charge him with appropriate felonies, set appropriate bail to let him know this is serious and slap a monitor on him, and don't forget to make sure she knows about her options for self-defense.
Oh wait, this is New York, and these are the "feminist" supporters who tell the poor dears a gun would only be taken away from them and used against them.
And I hate to bring up this unpleasant potential, but what if she's just a lying bipolar headcase b!tch from hell who just wants to destroy the poor guy she's been serial-abusing with everything she can throw at him?