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If you were held for evaluation (72hr typical) and relased, then you were not committed to a mental institution (even if you were held in one), and you have no legal barrier to getting your guns back. Except, once you explain how your mother has problems, the cops may not be too happy with her being in a house with guns in it.

You might have to satisfy their needs as to public safety before they will release your guns back to you. And, this in not entirely beyond reason.

Your mom was deluded, called the cops on you. What if next time, she decides to use one of your shotguns? The cops have a reasonable need to know she cannot gain access to them, if she is going to remain in your home.

Its not a law (unless a court orders it), but it is good sense. Proving to the cops you have your guns locked up, and she cannot do harm with them will ease their minds.

I know some folks who have a family member felon living with them. They have guns. As long as the felon cannot access them, the law is ok with it. Locked up, and only you (or other sane, non felons) have the key, and the law is happy. Unsecured, either the guns, or the prohibited person have to go.

Its a sad thing, but bi polar people off their meds (and sometimes even on them) have a tenous grasp on reality, if that. But they don't think they do. They think that they are still in their "right" minds, and can be very difficult to deal with sometimes.

You need to let the local cops know about her, and her medical history as much as you can, without violating her legal right to provacy. Because, if this has happened once, it can happen again. Better for everyone if the cops know that a call from her may not be the situation she says it is.

They'll still have to respond, of course, but knowing how she is will make them a little more inclinded to be reasonable when considering her accusations.

Good Luck.