Guy arrested for being responsible gun owner

[Casper]

http://reason.com/archives/2010/11/15/brian-aitkens-mistake

[Strictly Street]

Sad, but the constitution is a living document to be interpreted by anyone to say or not say anything they want it to say, right?

[mello dude]

Truly sick.

[imprez55]

Sad, but the constitution is a living document to be interpreted by anyone to say or not say anything they want it to say, right?

This isn't a case of interpretation of the constitution. Did you even read the link or are you just posting a copy and paste response to gun threads? Its about NJ gun laws and the odd selection of evidence/testimony by the judge.

I think its ridiculous and I hope he gets pardoned, its obvious he was moving between residences, even the police say so.

[4DAIVI PAI2K5]

Wow. That is ridiculous.

[chevysoldier]

sounds like the judge has something against guns. Too bad.

[Uncle Punk]

Regardless of that judge’s orders if anyone on the jury would have known the federal guidelines for transport this would not have happened. I'm going to guess this gets overturned if the article was correct in its reporting.

[4DAIVI PAI2K5]

sounds like the judge has something against guns. Too bad.

nah you think?

[Gump]

Bad Judge

[chevysoldier]

nah you think?

I think it would be a safe assumption with the information given. I bet he has a couple of armed body guards though.

[speedytriple]

But we need more gun laws so it is harder for the bad guys to get guns.

[buildit]

Seems that if a judge deflects or manipulates facts to make a political statement they should be removed from the bench otherwise we waste the time and money of the courts to indulge self interested judges with political agendas.

[4DAIVI PAI2K5]

Seems that if a judge deflects or manipulates facts to make a political statement they should be removed from the bench otherwise we waste the time and money of the courts to indulge self interested judges with political agendas.

He was removed.

[kawi kid]

Sad, but the constitution is a living document to be interpreted by anyone to say or not say anything they want it to say, right?

No

[chevysoldier]

He was removed.

Did I miss that in the article or did you find that info somewhere else?

[4DAIVI PAI2K5]

Did I miss that in the article or did you find that info somewhere else?

believe it was on the 2nd page

[chevysoldier]

believe it was on the 2nd page

I found it. Was on the first page, I missed it earlier.

In a telephone interview, Morley (who lost his job when Gov. Christie declined to reappoint him in June because of rulings in unrelated cases)

[Cypress]

Note to self, never transport a gun through NJ. I'm sure his mother is living with a lot of guilt.

[fazer1sniper]

"It might even make some New Jersey gun owners wonder if they have more to fear from the state's ridiculous laws and overly aggressive cops and prosecutors than they do from criminals. Given what happened to Aitken, those fears wouldn't be unfounded." Good way to sum it all up & end the article.

Another axample of some law interperted in a way that make leagal gun owners criminal. It sucks.

[Cdubyah]

Wow... places I never want to visit, New Jersey. Guns laws and Snooki, nuff said.

[KL9 F4i]

poor guy....Im assuming he can never exercise his 2nd amendment right again now that he has a felony on his record...thats horrible

[Uncle Punk]

New Jersey can make all the gun laws they want to but if this article is reporting correctly, this guy was prosecuted for a crime he couldn't commit. This appears to violate federal firearm transportation laws that a state can't override with their own law. This will be overturned or the article was not correct in all of the facts reported.

[KL9 F4i]

I was speaking on legal terms lol sounds like the guy has a little bad luck that follows him...probably wouldnt want to get illegal firearms...IMO what is the point of an illegal firearm unless he was going to commit a crime or it is a SHTF weapon and the zombies came ...he cant use it as home defense he would catch another good amount of time behind bars.. Judge: "Uh sir, you are not allowed to possess a firearm as you already have a felony on your record. Aitken: "Yes your honor I know but, Zombies are coming!" can you say One-way trip to the Looney Bin:crazy:

[Uncle Punk]

Notwithstanding any other provision of any law or any rule or regulation of a State or any political subdivision thereof, any person who is not otherwise prohibited by this chapter from transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm shall be entitled to transport a firearm for any lawful purpose from any place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm to any other place where he may lawfully possess and carry such firearm if, during such transportation the firearm is unloaded, and neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle: Provided, That in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver’s compartment the firearm or ammunition shall be contained in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console.

All of this applies only if you do not have a disability.

[fusion]

Is he still protected after he moves' date=' though? Seems like he'd been there a while, so the gun ought to have been put away by the time his mommy called the police. Maybe I don't understand the Fed law, though.[/quote']

From the articles I've read it seems like he was still in the process of moving his stuff into his final residence. Either way he got screwed.