News I like to see!

[VINMAN]

Nice to finally read about something good in my state.!

Bravo Chris!!

This guy got seriously railroaded.

Christie frees man in gun case | Philadelphia Daily News | 12/20/2010



Christie frees man in gun case
By JASON NARK
Philadelphia Daily News

narkj@phillynews.com

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gave the Aitken family all they wanted for Christmas Monday.

Christie signed a letter ordering Brian Aitken, a New Jersey man sentenced to seven years in jail for having weapons he legally purchased in Colorado, to be released from Mid-State Correctional Facility as soon as possible.

Aitken, 27, was sentenced in August to seven years after a January 2009 arrest at his parent's home in Mount Laurel, Burlington County. Aitken's mother called the police on him after he was distraught over a custody issue and police found handguns, hollow point bullets, and high capacity magazines in a box in the trunk of his car.

Aitken claimed he was protected under a state exemption because he was moving from Mount Laurel to Hoboken at the time. A Burlington County judge refused to allow the jury to see the exemptions, claiming Aitken's defense team did not present enough evidence during the trial to show he was moving.

Aitken's father, Larry, could barely speak when reached Monday, but thanked "Governor Chris Chringle."

"From my family to yours, Governor, have a wonderful Christmas," Aitken said.

[flatbutt]

Chris rules!

[VINMAN]

Another article on it.

Christie commutes sentence in celebrated gun-possession case | APP.com | Asbury Park Press

Christie commutes sentence in celebrated gun-possession case
By GEORGE MAST • STAFF WRITER • December 20, 2010

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Buzz up!Twitter FarkIt Type Size A A A MOUNT LAUREL — Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday he had commuted the sentence of Brian D. Aitken, the 27-year-old Mount Laurel who man had been serving a seven-year prison term after being found with guns he'd purchased legally in Colorado.




"We're overjoyed," Aitken's fiancee, Jenna Bostock, said Monday evening. "I can't believe he is going to be home for Christmas."


Christie, who had earlier said he would make a decision on the much-debated Aitken case by Christmas, signed the commutation around 4:30 p.m. At around 6 p.m., Bostock said she was waiting on a phone call from Aitken from Mid State Correctional Facility in Wrightstown so she could tell him he would be coming home.


"I can't wait to hear his reaction when I get to tell him," Bostock said.


Aitken, an entrepreneur and media consultant, has been jailed since he was sentenced to seven years in prison on Aug. 27.


Aitken was arrested on Jan. 2, 2009, when he muttered to his mother life wasn't worth living, then left her home in Mount Laurel. She called police, who found two handguns, both locked and unloaded, and ammunition in the trunk of his car.


Aitken argued he was in the process of moving to Hoboken, which would exempt him from a weapon-registration law. However, state Superior Court Judge James Morley did not allow the argument in trial this year. Aitken, a graduate student with no prior record, was convicted and then sent off to prison in August.


Christie later declined to reappoint Morley because of an unrelated case.


Aitken's case garnered a large following among the media and gun-rights advocates.


Bostock said she has nearly made a full-time job out of posting information and eliciting support on a "Free Brian Aitken" Facebook page.


"It has been really, really hard and now all of our hard work has paid off and it feels amazing that the injustice was corrected," Bostock said.


A spokesman for the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office declined to comment about the matter Monday.


Aitken's father, Larry Aitken, said his son's attorney is still fighting to have the conviction reversed.


The commutation Monday only dismisses the remainder of the prison sentence. Larry Aitken said the family will keep fighting until his son's name is cleared. Larry Aitken said he personally wrote the governor a letter asking for clemency over the summer.


"I'm still stunned," Larry Aitken said Monday evening. "It's kind of like the clock just ran out. The game is over and we won."


According to the commutation order, Aitken is ordered to be released from jail as "soon as administratively possible."


Amid her giddiness over Aitken's imminent release, Bostock also thought Monday evening of a few things she needed to get done.


Aitken's suit would need to be dry cleaned before she picked him up from prison.


And one other thing.


"Now I have to go find a Christmas present," she said.

[widgeon13]

Christie is a good man, the more I hear of him the more I wish we had others who had his balls!

[Rick Lee]

Why wasn't he fully pardoned? His family will be bankrupted trying to clear his name. And he's still a convicted felon until then, which means he can't replace the guns the state confiscated from him. A tragedy all around. Too bad that judge doesn't have to serve the remainder of Aitken's sentence. I'm in NJ now and cannot wait to get back free America in AZ.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Why wasn't he fully pardoned? His family will be bankrupted trying to clear his name. And he's still a convicted felon until then, which means he can't replace the guns the state confiscated from him. A tragedy all around. Too bad that judge doesn't have to serve the remainder of Aitken's sentence. I'm in NJ now and cannot wait to get back free America in AZ.

Rick where are you?

[Rick Lee]

Harvey Cedars on LBI. I think this township has eight full time cops for the 300 residents who brave the winter here. In fairness, I've never dealt with a NJ cop who wasn't totally cool. But the gun laws and culture scare the hell out of me. I've trampled on the car carry laws here many times before I realized what a police state it is.

[flatbutt]

Luv LBI! Sorry it is such a schlep from where I am though. A meet and great would be great. How long will you be there?

[Rick Lee]

Too long. Freezing my balls off and I'm unarmed. Leaving on the 28th.

[flatbutt]

HA! Yeah jersey is definitely an acquired taste. Or for guys like me the only place that would have me!

[ODDJOB UNO]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Why wasn't he fully pardoned? His family will be bankrupted trying to clear his name. And he's still a convicted felon until then, which means he can't replace the guns the state confiscated from him. A tragedy all around. Too bad that judge doesn't have to serve the remainder of Aitken's sentence. I'm in NJ now and cannot wait to get back free America in AZ.

ahhhhh, remembering the "good 'ol daze" when i was all slicked up, 3 piece suit, $150 penny loafers, designer socks, designer brief case, designer day timer, walking the walk,talking the talk, making those big bucks(?) going to BEAUTIFUL FAIRLAWN NEW JUUURSEY and landing in NEWARK and feeling flat azz'd NAKED w/out my spoon!



isnt it a wonderful feeling.................that beautiful winter wonder land. the really nice people that WANT TO MUG YOU/KILL YOU!


how when you ask for directions, the looks that KILL!



the taxi drivers taking THE LONG WAY ROUNDY ROUNDY so the cab fare hits the roof,despite you being there a 1000 times and knowing your way from the airport to fairlawn like the back of yer hand.


and my fave.................the FAIRLAWN HOLIDAY INN! with wonderful nice people that GO TO THE BAR and THEY LIVE THERE so they can see the wonderful music talent of some idiot clown with a musak machine play the hip disco drum beats,all the while sounding like the coyotes in my back yard.


the watered down drinks.................the way over the top expensive CRAP FOOD!



the TRAIN TRACKS BEHIND MY HOTEL ALL NIGHT LONG!




GAWD I MISS THOSE DAYS.......................................NOT!




top tip here.....................DONT MISS THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE at the PARAMUS MALL especially this HOLIDAY SEASON!




i FEEL YER PAIN!




the WEST IS BEST!




YOU WILL KISS THE GROUND WHEN YOU RETURN my friend as I DID, and STRAP ON YER SPOON within an hour of arriving home!




can YOU IMAGINE HOW NICE JUURRSEY would be if they HAD CCW LAWS!



talk about an incredible drop IN CRIME RATES! sheesh!



if yer totally bored to tears, and the exciting "to die for" PARAMUS mall doesnt trip yer trigger....................take a ride into "the city" (new york) and GO TO THE BERETTA STORE and ooooo-gle the rifles,snotguns,pistoles! some unreal beautiful snotguns there.



or go down to atlantic city, beats the HELL out of the paramus mall.

[Rick Lee]

I will say that the pizza in NJ is almost worth enduring all the other BS here. Almost. Man, you can't get bad pizza here unless from a chain.

[ODDJOB UNO]

you can always take the rental car up north into the woods and chase deer!


just make sure you have insurance in place on the rental car as YOU WILL FIND DEER! and very possibly if not 100% possibly they will land on your HOOD!


ask me how i know! the only other place i have ever seen so many damn deer is monticello utah above moab.



please take pics of the hotel bar band.................it just might be the same guy,singing the hip tone crazzzy tunes of yesteryear,that we all know and love.


his rendition of deep purples "smoke on the water" and the lokals out for a night on the town,dancing to this, had us damn near peeing our pants/crying with laughter.



if i asked my honey to go to the lokal holiday inn for a dancing night on the town..............she would SHOOT ME!



yep 2 fer 1 drinks, and a happy hour BUFFET, and the sweet sounds of musak............all at YER LOKAL HOLIDAY INN!




i tell ya........................THATS LIVING LARGE!




p.s. if ya like crab cakes........................your in the VORTEX of really really really REALLY GOOD CRAB CAKES! and yes i admit the pizza was good.

[VINMAN]

Hey Rick, LBI's close to me if ya wanna meet up.

Yeah, I hope this guy gets a full pardon, and all charges dropped. There has been a huge crusade for this guy around here,

[mossguy]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Why wasn't he fully pardoned? His family will be bankrupted trying to clear his name. And he's still a convicted felon until then, which means he can't replace the guns the state confiscated from him. A tragedy all around. Too bad that judge doesn't have to serve the remainder of Aitken's sentence. I'm in NJ now and cannot wait to get back free America in AZ.

Rick, I have no idea what the answer to your question is, but I would guess that the way the way the governor did it, gets the man out of jail the quickest (home for Xmas) and that he can then do the pardon thing, which may take longer administratively.

Just a guess.

Best,
Tom

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by widgeon13

Christie is a good man, the more I hear of him the more I wish we had others who had his balls!

Boy howdy on that. I'd vote Christie for president in a heartbeat.

[VINMAN]

Funny thing is, as of the latest poll, Christies approval rating is below 45%.

Guess they must have polled mostly Govt workers and teachers..

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by VINMAN

Funny thing is, as of the latest poll, Christies approval rating is below 45%.

Guess they must have polled mostly Govt workers and teachers..

That, and I'll bet the TV folks are NOT being kind to him...

[flatbutt]

Rick, get back onto the mainland, go to a diner and get yourself a heart attack on a roll. Thats Taylor ham,egg and cheese with saltpepperketchup. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[VINMAN]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

saltpepperketchup.

Note the three condensed into one. Its an NJ/NY deli thing


BTW never eat that stuff, its poison!