A former pardon attorney for the Department of Justice says she was fired after refusing to support restoring Mel Gibson's gun rights, which he lost due to a 2011 domestic violence conviction.

A pardon attorney for the Justice Department was fired last week, and she suspects it had something to do with refusing to restore Mel Gibson's gun rights given his domestic violence conviction. 'This isn’t political — this is a safety issue,

The head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) office that makes pardon recommendations to the president said she was fired after refusing to sign off on a recommendation to restore gun rights to actor Mel Gibson.