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I'm mystified by some of the responses to the OP here.

If a person has suffered physical abuse, reported it the police, gotten a restraining order and still feels under threat, there are plenty of historical cases that show court paper is often not enough to stop someone who is intent on harm. The Carol Browne case in NJ is a case in point, and was a virtually identical situation to the one in the OP in terms of the framework of basic details - up to the point where she was in fact murdered by the person she feared.

It is indisputable that the police cannot respond in time to make any difference to the victim of a surprise attack. IMHO, getting a LTC under these circumstances is a perfectly rational thing to do in order to be prepared in the event there is no other reasonable way to prevent the infliction of serious injury or death by a person who is known to be violent and who has knowledge of personal movement patterns (e.g., work, church, etc.) that can be exploited. This is a very long way from premeditated murder.

It will be extremely important for a person in this situation to get training in the law, safe gun handling, situational awareness, attack avoidance and evasion, verbal encounter techniques, use of the handgun in close in defense situations, and shooting incident aftermath management as soon as possible to ensure that it becomes an effective part of her protective systems and not a potential source of additional headaches that she certainly doesn't need at this point.