Career criminal caught, or responsible gun owner harrassed.

I honestly don't know where to take this story. Perhaps you can tell me. The court issued a protective order prohibiting Joel Richards Addison, 34, of Painter from possessing, purchasing, or transporting a firearm. Joel Richards Addison was served with the court order from January 2015, and while we don't know the specific details these types of orders are normally part of a Divorce proceeding where the potential for violence is fairly strong.

Now, Joel was driving along a road at night as part of his job. A Deer jumped out in front of him, and he struck it. No problem so far. The State Police officer who responded conducted a normal investigation and ran the license of the driver as part of a normal procedure. The protective order was listed in the computer, and Joel was in direct violation of the order that offered no exceptions. In other words, he wasn't to have a gun in any way, shape, or form, for any reason. Joel was arrested and taken to jail for violating the court order, and has been released on bond, basically being his word that he'll show up to court when he's promised to.

So anyone who violates a court order for a year is obviously a career criminal. There can't be any way to look at it other than that. You see, we know that Joel was carrying a guy on him during the entire year, because as you might have guessed, he is a cop. Yes, a police officer was in violation of a court order for an entire year, and nobody noticed.

So you decide. Was Joel a fine responsible gun owner who is being harassed by the liberal courts who were trying to deprive him of his second amendment rights, and deprive the nation of a damn fine heroic cop?

Or was Joel a career criminal who habitually broke the law over the last year flaunting the legal order of the court?

EDIT: I forgot to add the link. I'm sorry, here it is. http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/virginia/2016/01/29/onley-police-officer-arrested/79526760/?platform=hootsuite