Absolutely. He would have gone to jail. My daughter was terrified of calling the police. She was actually afraid that the police would take his guns away and this would tip him over the edge into violence. It was a very hard discussion I had with my daughter about whether to call the police or not.
I also knew at the time, from being a police officer, that if we tried to get a restraining order against him, the service of the restraining order on him might be the very thing that tipped him over the edge into violence. That is why I've also worked on the Bill C-21 provision for protection orders and the removal and seizure of gun licences and guns.