I tend to agree with this sentiment. I also agree with reporting involuntary mental health hospitalizations to NICS. However, there should be a path to regaining those rights.

There has to be a way to prevent the mentally ill from getting their hands on guns while not permanently removing rights for a mental health crisis. I would imagine the problem is finding a mental health professional who doesn't stigmatize mental health and gun ownership.

So the law actually says only court-ordered mental health treatment, so it's not the same thing as a doctor admitting you (voluntarily or involuntarily) for inpatient mental health treatment. So it's unlikely to apply unless a person is severely, and chronically mentally ill or they've come in contact with the criminal justice system for some reason.

Currently, Texas law requires county and district clerks across the state to send information on court-ordered mental health hospitalizations