[Eghad]

Would the Gifford case have been if this guy had been ordered to go before a judge? This guy obviously had some kind of problem over a period of years.

My understanding about mental health and guns is that if you go before a judge and receive "due process" and are adjudicated as being mentally incompetent/unsound then it should be reported to the national database. I am guessing that mechanism would be NICS and would have to be put in by the law enforcement agency that had jurisdiction of the incident that led to the hearing?

The question I have is if a law enforcement agency deems you as being a danger to yourself can they request a court hearing for a ruling on your mental status? I am guessing that is up to state law and not federal law.