Free Brian Aitken

The Griffin tipped me off to this. Here’s how the Daily Caller intros the Brian Aitken story:


In New Jersey, residents who want to transport firearms legally must request a permit from a local law enforcement office and produce a letter stating why it is necessary for them to carry a gun. In other words, New Jerseyans have to prove need before exercising what many Americans consider a constitutional right.

Twenty-seven-year-old Brian Aitken is learning that the hard way. Arrested in 2009 when police officers found two handguns locked and unloaded in the trunk of his car, Aitken was just sentenced in August to seven years in prison.

Now, protesters across the state are organizing a push for an appeal for the court’s ruling. A “Free Brian Aitken” Facebook page has almost 7,000 fans, the website briandaitken.com was built and a rally will be held Dec. 12, in Towns River, N.J. Aitken’s family is asking Chris Christie to grant clemency — gun control just might be the next test conservatives throw at the New Jersey governor.

A pardon from Christie is far from assured, even if he does have fairly established, conservative credentials.

During his 2009 campaign, he told Fox News host Sean Hannity, “Listen, at the end of the day, what I support are common sense laws that will allow people to protect themselves. But I also am very concerned about the safety of our police officers on the streets. Very concerned. And I want to make sure that we don’t have an abundance of guns out there.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/12/02/nj-governor-chris-christie-asked-to-pardon-man-with-seven-year-jail-sentence-for-gun-law-violations/#ixzz16xR5bQLp

First off Gov. Christie, what is an abundance of guns? And if the abundance of guns are in the hands of responsible American citizens, what’s the problem? Is it better to have an abundance of guns in the hands of responsible US citizens or just a few guns in the hands of criminals?

But holy cow, guns locked and unloaded in the trunk of your car is reason enough to get you seven years in NJ. WTF? 2nd Amendment? So after a phone call from Aiteken’s mom, worried about her son’s “state of mind,” and after determining that Aitken was no threat to himself, the cops or any one else, the cops proceeded to search his car. WTF?

After finding the guns locked and unloaded in the trunk, they charged him with weapons violations and a hare brained judge sent him up the river for 7 large. Not to be too crude, but again WTF?

You have TSA disregarding the 4th Amendment, the Supreme Court peeing all over private property rights, DOJ seizing web domains that they don’t like, and the state of NJ disregarding common sense and the 2nd Amendment.

We are like the frog in a pot of water slowly being boiled. Is anyone else starting to think, “Hey, is it warming up in here?”