[2damnold4this]

We don't really know enough about the nature of the commitment to comment. Generally, to be considered ineligible, a person has to have been committed by a judge or board of review, as part of a criminal sentence, or involuntarily.

For example, someone voluntarily checking themselves into rehab doesn't count.

^this

Could be he lied on the form 4473. Could be that no judge was involved in the 2009 incident. What is encouraging was his mother turning him in before he hurt anyone including himself.