Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Michigan

Denial Of Permit To Purchace A Handgun

The Brady Handgun Law states that any involuntary committal to a mental institution would disqualify a person to own a handgun. I applied for a Permit to Purchase a Handgun. I was told that my FBI record had an ''Attempted Suicide'' on it. Any attempted suicide is mandatory that the person be committed for at least 72 hour to a mental facility. I asked the officer at the records department when and where this attempt supposedly took place. I did lie to my husband and said that I'd take pills and die. He called police. I was taken to a hospital and dropped off by local police department. I was so embarrassed. I recanted my lie, blood was taken and tested. Social Service doctors and the ER doctor interviewed me. Within 3 hours, I was released in ''stable condition'' deemed not suicidal, and free of any ingested drugs. I returned to the Records Department at local Police Station and presented the release documents from 8 years ago. Thus proving no ''involuntary committal'' ever took place, nor did any suicide attempt. The officer said that he ''had the right to deny me, based on his assessment.'' Is this true? I did appeal to the NICS, sent the proof, along with a set of my prints. If this officer lied, were my rights violated?

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