Gibson's crime was domestic violence and making death threats against his girlfriend. Those threats were a felony, he made the threat, and provided the means by which he would kill her, thus placing her in fear for her life. With his previous DUI and resisting arrest, if he were some 9-5 worker, he would have been charged by the DA, but because he's Mel Gibson...special treatent.
Guess which one, the domestic abuser or the drug addict, is far, far, far more likely to use firearms against their romantic partner. If you had guessed the abuser you would be right. Battered domestic partners, especially when they are trying to leave the relationship, are one of the most common groups to be murdered by firearm. It's why so many sane states have red flag laws and Extreme Risk Protection Orders. It's also why there is a Brady section in every DV No Contact Order forcing the respondent to turn in their guns.
I heard the pardon attorney tell her story on a news show and it makes perfect sense, no holes. She was right to deny that POS his guns. In fact, Dotard should revoke his citizenship and deport Mel to Australia for being a violent Anti-Semite. Ohhh, that's right Mel's not brown skinned.
Dems lost because the GQP has had a media plan since the days of openly racist drug addict Rush LimpDork. They cornered the market on AM talk radio, where you heard the same talking points pushed out from every show everyday. It was like brainwashing for stupid people. I worked in rural AM radio back then, and our reichwing station was on in every business, every combine and tractor and pickup truck in the county. That model continued with Faux Spews and the lesser Fauxes, same talking points from show to show to show day after day, with bright patriotic graphics, laser sweeps, and bottled blonde bimbos and it is on in so many waiting rooms, hotel lobbies, airports, and military bases. They have brainwashed people to believe they are "news" when in fact they're propaganda. That 40+ year project means they have cornered the market on politically biased programming and we no longer have a common set of facts. We have facts, and the GQP's alternative facts, which are lies. Dems need a media project of their own, podcast networks, radio and TV. Poll after poll shows the majority of people agree with Dems on most major issues, yet people who watch Faux have no idea what is really happening and where the major parties stand. Had Americans believed the warnings about Project 2025 and their plan to dismantle the government and in particular SS, Medicare, and Medicaid the GQP would have been curb stomped like what's happening to Combover Quisling's popularity on EVERY ISSUE.