Walter,
First off, thanks for sharing the details. It makes the situation easier to understand, but also shows your level of confidence and maturity you were willing to put it out there. If that's the case, I really think you have nothing to fear. It comes down to character it sounds, and you've shown it.
I have thought this over from a few angles, and I understand the risk of being "denied," but I still feel what I said before is the thing to do. Go back and go through the process. Get it cleared up and aired and get your pistol license.
Frankly, if you feel open enough to deal with this in a public forum, and that says a lot for you, then I think you can take the process. If everyone who ever had voluntary counseling for any reason lost their civil rights, we wouldn't have much of a country. Also, the legal standard for any level of denial is involuntary commitment. By legal standard I mean what has been legislated elsewhere, not what some local tyrant decides. Since you don't have that, and should the (I think unlikely outcome) that you are denied, would give you grounds for an excellent appeal, or law suit against the city. Believe me, after Scalia's opinion comes down in the next week, your side is the standard, not the defensive.
Heck, at least get your application in within the next week before the crush comes after the decision.
First off, thanks for sharing the details. It makes the situation easier to understand, but also shows your level of confidence and maturity you were willing to put it out there. If that's the case, I really think you have nothing to fear. It comes down to character it sounds, and you've shown it.
I have thought this over from a few angles, and I understand the risk of being "denied," but I still feel what I said before is the thing to do. Go back and go through the process. Get it cleared up and aired and get your pistol license.
Frankly, if you feel open enough to deal with this in a public forum, and that says a lot for you, then I think you can take the process. If everyone who ever had voluntary counseling for any reason lost their civil rights, we wouldn't have much of a country. Also, the legal standard for any level of denial is involuntary commitment. By legal standard I mean what has been legislated elsewhere, not what some local tyrant decides. Since you don't have that, and should the (I think unlikely outcome) that you are denied, would give you grounds for an excellent appeal, or law suit against the city. Believe me, after Scalia's opinion comes down in the next week, your side is the standard, not the defensive.
Heck, at least get your application in within the next week before the crush comes after the decision.
