{"id":529,"date":"2018-01-15T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2018\/01\/15\/brian-aitken-pardonedfinally\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:28:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:28:27","slug":"brian-aitken-pardonedfinally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=529","title":{"rendered":"Brian Aitken Pardoned&#8230;.Finally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7842,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.courierpostonline.com\\\/story\\\/news\\\/local\\\/south-jersey\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/13\\\/christie-brian-aitken-gun-law-pardon\\\/1030859001&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.courierpostonline.com\\\/story\\\/news\\\/local\\\/south-jersey\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/13\\\/christie-brian-aitken-gun-law-pardon\\\/1030859001&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7843,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/politicsandguns.com\\\/281&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190924185820\\\/http:\\\/\\\/politicsandguns.com:80\\\/281\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 01:08:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 03:03:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 18:55:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 02:47:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 10:38:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 10:38:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7844,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/amzn.to\\\/2D5e6s8&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/Blue-Tent-Sky-Lefts-Freedom-ebook\\\/dp\\\/B00N19KDM2\\\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1516019825&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=brian+aitken&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=nolaonguanmo-20&amp;linkId=9af3dad0960ceed8e917c9a52fd98874&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7845,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/TheBrianAitken\\\/posts\\\/2040196219325575?comment_id=2040199505991913&amp;comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/login\\\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheBrianAitken%2Fposts%2F2040196219325575%3Fcomment_id%3D2040199505991913&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7846,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/there-is-no-justice-for-gun-owners-in.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260418021203\\\/https:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/there-is-no-justice-for-gun-owners-in.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 19:05:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 18:55:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 02:47:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 10:38:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 10:38:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7847,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cato.org\\\/events\\\/blue-tent-sky-how-lefts-war-guns-cost-me-son-freedom&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nIn one of the last acts before he leaves office on Tuesday, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) issued a long overdue pardon to Brian Aitken. The pardon issued on Friday pardoned Brian for possessing hollow-point bullets and simple assault. His earlier conviction for illegally carrying firearms was overturned by an appeals court who found that he was indeed, as he always claimed, moving to a new residence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courierpostonline.com\/story\/news\/local\/south-jersey\/2018\/01\/13\/christie-brian-aitken-gun-law-pardon\/1030859001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From the Courier Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Aitken, a businessman whose seven-year prison term previously was commuted by Christie, said he was &#8220;so happy to finally put this chapter behind me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you to everyone who has stuck with me over the years,&#8221; Aitken said in a Facebook post. &#8220;I can&#8217;t thank Gov. Chris Christie enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aitken was arrested in January 2009 when a Mount Laurel police officer found three unloaded guns in his car. Aitken had purchased the guns legally in Colorado, but lacked a permit to carry them in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Aitken served almost four months in a state prison for unlawful possession of a weapon and other offenses before Christie commuted his sentence in December 2010.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;We <a href=\"http:\/\/politicsandguns.com\/281\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviewed Brian on the Polite Society Podcast after the release of his book<\/a> on the arrest, court battle, and sentencing to prison. His book, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2D5e6s8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Blue Tent Sky: How the Left&#8217;s War on Guns Cost Me My Son and My Freedom<\/a><\/i>, is available on Amazon. I&#8217;ve read the book and it would be $1.99 well spent for the Kindle version to fully comprehend the war on gun owners in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Brian issued this note of thanks on his Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheBrianAitken\/posts\/2040196219325575?comment_id=2040199505991913&amp;comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">page<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Thank you everyone who has stuck with me over the years. I&#8217;m so happy to finally put this chapter behind me. Tuesday will be a sad day for the State of New Jersey but today is an incredibly happy day at the Aitken household. I can&#8217;t thank Governor Chris Christie enough. I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s more to say but it&#8217;s all still a bit surreal. I just wanted to make sure you guys heard it from me first.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since he had his sentence commuted by Gov. Christie, Brian wrote his book, got married, started a business, and had a daughter. However, unless I&#8217;m mistaken, I still don&#8217;t think he has visitation rights with his son from his earlier marriage which is incredibly sad.<\/p>\n<p>You can see more about the Brian Aitken miscarriage of justice in this <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2014\/09\/there-is-no-justice-for-gun-owners-in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video by NRA News<\/a> and in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/events\/blue-tent-sky-how-lefts-war-guns-cost-me-son-freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">talk with the Cato Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad that Brian has his full life back now and I&#8217;ve both happy and amazed that Chris Christie did the right thing in pardoning Brian.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In one of the last acts before he leaves office on Tuesday, Gov. 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