Restraining Orders Are Made of Paper

They will not protect you against someone who is determined to do you harm. That is just a recent example in South Windsor, Connecticut. You can find oodles of other cases nationwide.

If someone is so determined to do you harm that you had to obtain a restraining order (and I am not talking about the ones issued as a divorce tactic), then you need to consider what your Plan B is for when that person shows up.