Mel Gibson reportedly restored his gun rights by the Department of Justice.
The actor is one of ten people who have revived gun rights by Attorney General Pam Bondy. New York Times Reported on Thursday. Details will be posted on the Federal Register. Gibson lost his rights in 2011 after being found guilty of a misdemeanor domestic violence.
The decision came almost a month after former US pardon lawyer Elizabeth G. Oyer said. The era She was fired from the DOJ for refusing to encourage the actor to be allowed to carry the handgun again.
Oyer said before The era Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s office demanded earlier this year that President Donald Trump had a tapped Gibson as Hollywood’s “special ambassador.” At the time, Gibson’s lawyer wrote in a letter that the actor had recently tried to buy a handgun, but was rejected due to his conviction.
The era Oyer reported that he found a request to add Gibson because he didn’t know much about the actor’s case. “It’s a serious problem to bring guns back to domestic abusers. In my view, there are real consequences of domestic violence from people who own firearms, so it’s not something I can recommend lightly,” Oyer said.
She ultimately said in a note that she could not recommend Gibson reviving his gun rights and that she could not recommend that it was up to the Attorney General to make a decision on the matter. Oyer is later informed that she had been fired.
Hollywood Reporter I contacted a Gibson representative for comment.
