<p>The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/united-states">US</a> Justice Department will allow actor Mel Gibson to own guns again, despite his 2011 conviction on a domestic violence charge, <em>the New York Times</em> reported on Thursday.</p><p>The Times, citing unnamed sources familiar with the Justice Department decision, reported that Gibson, a strong supporter of President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/donald-trump/3">Donald Trump</a>, was among nine other people whose right to own a gun would be restored. Their names will soon be published in the Federal Register.</p><p>Federal law bars most people convicted of domestic abuse from owning a firearm.</p><p>Gibson was sentenced by a California judge to three years of probation 14 years ago on a misdemeanor charge for hitting his then girlfriend. Gibson pleaded no contest to the charge as part of a plea deal to avoid jail time.</p>.CEO accused of choking fellow passenger for dancing barefoot in ship cocktail lounge.<p>A representative for Gibson said he had no immediate comment. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The White House directed a request for comment to the Justice Department.</p><p><em>The Times</em> reported that the issue over Gibson's gun rights caused strife within the Justice Department because Elizabeth Oyer, a pardon attorney for the department, had last month refused to agree to restore the actor's right to own a gun. She was fired the next day.</p><p>Oyer, in an interview with the Times, said she had been told by a senior Justice Department leader that Gibson's right to own a weapon should be restored based on the fact that he had a personal relationship with the president.</p><p>Oyer said her refusal to agree was not a political decision, but based on her not having done a background investigation into Gibson's case and because she considered a domestic violence conviction to be extremely worrying.</p><p>Trump, a few days before his inauguration in January, named Gibson, along with the actors Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight, as "special ambassadors" to Hollywood.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/united-states">US</a> Justice Department will allow actor Mel Gibson to own guns again, despite his 2011 conviction on a domestic violence charge, <em>the New York Times</em> reported on Thursday.</p><p>The Times, citing unnamed sources familiar with the Justice Department decision, reported that Gibson, a strong supporter of President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/donald-trump/3">Donald Trump</a>, was among nine other people whose right to own a gun would be restored. Their names will soon be published in the Federal Register.</p><p>Federal law bars most people convicted of domestic abuse from owning a firearm.</p><p>Gibson was sentenced by a California judge to three years of probation 14 years ago on a misdemeanor charge for hitting his then girlfriend. Gibson pleaded no contest to the charge as part of a plea deal to avoid jail time.</p>.CEO accused of choking fellow passenger for dancing barefoot in ship cocktail lounge.<p>A representative for Gibson said he had no immediate comment. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The White House directed a request for comment to the Justice Department.</p><p><em>The Times</em> reported that the issue over Gibson's gun rights caused strife within the Justice Department because Elizabeth Oyer, a pardon attorney for the department, had last month refused to agree to restore the actor's right to own a gun. She was fired the next day.</p><p>Oyer, in an interview with the Times, said she had been told by a senior Justice Department leader that Gibson's right to own a weapon should be restored based on the fact that he had a personal relationship with the president.</p><p>Oyer said her refusal to agree was not a political decision, but based on her not having done a background investigation into Gibson's case and because she considered a domestic violence conviction to be extremely worrying.</p><p>Trump, a few days before his inauguration in January, named Gibson, along with the actors Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight, as "special ambassadors" to Hollywood.</p>