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If you are mentally ill and not in your right mind, you can still have competent counsel to protect your rights.
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Yeah you can get all the counsel you want, but historically any judge will listen to the hospital staff in making a call whether or not you can be involuntarily committed and each state has a mandatory holding period to determine just that. Some states can forcibly make you take your medication or you face involuntary commitment. Getting each state to report this for an FBI background checks has proven to be elusive and will only face determination when presented to the Supreme Court.
To me it's amazing that people can request and get a court restraining order based on one persons word against another, but we find it untenable for a relative to submit a family members name to the FBI prohibiting fire arm purchases with a caveat for removal by another relative who assumes felony responsibility. Restraining orders are abused, but they are a necessary evil to protect those that truly need it.