A pardon attorney at the Justice Department claims she was fired after refusing to restore Mel Gibson‘s gun rights.
In a story published on Monday, former U.S. pardon attorney Elizabeth G. Oyer told The New York Times that she was fired on Friday for refusing to recommend Gibson be allowed to carry a handgun again, after the actor and filmmaker lost his rights following a 2011 domestic violence misdemeanor conviction. The Times confirmed the reasons for Oyer’s firing with other…