Since you seem to be engaging here in good faith, I really think that fear is unfounded having worked in these systems. I'm coming at this from experience working in multiple states and with colleagues in multiple states. I don’t know every state, though I do hae friends who work in California, Florida, and Colorado among others. In general, I have to provide compelling evidence that you are a danger to yourself or others to even get them removed in the first place. I have to be specific about what the danger is and why I think that. I can't do that without you finding out and it killing any chance at a good working relationship. So, I don't do it, unless I'm really certain it's needed and I can't get it done any other way (you can easily sue me for malpractice if I don't lool for alternatives or if I misrepresent anything). There are often specified mechanisms for either further review or for you to petition to get the guns back. Unless evidence has now come from elsewhere thay you're still a danger to yourself or others (like getting arrested), I get dragged back in to court. If I've pissed you off and you've found someone else to work with who says you're OK and released you or even if they're still working with you, there's nothing I can do (in that scenario, I don't want to anyway). The court then orders the guns back to you. People in the mental health field most often hate going to court, especially when it's related to a patient/client and even more if that person is going to be pissed off at them. Given the process, the situation you laid out isn't really possible. We'd have to think it's worth the crap we're going to get and have consistent evidence that you're a danger to yourself or others.
