Gun owner jailed for following the law
Dear gun rights supporter,
Do you follow the rules? Do you
consider yourself a law-abiding citizen?
Do you think your rights are safe now that Republicans took over the House of
Representatives?
You couldn’t be more wrong.
Just following the rules could
land you in prison! Despite the legislative victories of the
last election, the anti-gunners and statists across the country are finding new
ways to violate your rights.
In August, Brian Aitken -- who followed New Jersey’s draconian firearm laws to a
“T” -- was convicted by the state’s anti-gun kangaroo court of “unlawful
possession of a handgun.”
Brian’s “crime” was simply owning
handguns in the first place.
You see, in New Jersey you’re required to get a permit to purchase a handgun by
Big Brother State Government. This is not a permit to OWN, simply to purchase:
however, the jackboots in New Jersey’s state police treat anyone in possession
of a handgun without such a permit as a felon.
While moving from Colorado to New Jersey, Brian was transporting three handguns
-- which were legally purchased in Colorado -- between his mother’s house and
his new apartment.
Because of some stress factors in his life, Brian’s mother called the police for
a “welfare” check of Brian. Brian’s mother was a social worker who had been
conditioned by years of government work to trust the state to oversee
emotionally charged situations.
The state police searched his car and discovered the handguns, locked in cases
and separate from ammunition, as New Jersey law requires.
Despite not violating ANY of New
Jersey’s outrageous firearms laws, Brian was arrested for the “unlawful”
possession of a handgun.
Throughout his trial, the anti-gun statists in the New Jersey legal system
routinely blocked Brian’s attorney from presenting evidence of Brian’s
innocence. New Jersey law specifically states that the transportation of
handguns between residences is legal.
Despite the incontrovertible evidence that Brian was transporting his legally
purchased handguns from his mother’s home to his new apartment, the anti-gun
Judge refused to permit Brian’s legal team from informing the jury of this
portion of state law.
Jurors even asked the judge three times if state law contained exemptions for
the transportation of handguns from one residence to another, but the anti-gun
crusader disguised as a judge refused to answer.
Additionally, federal law allows for the transportation of firearms between
residences without fear of state prosecution; however, the same anti-gun judge
refused to take federal law into consideration in Brian’s case.
Brian Aitken was convicted of
felony possession of a handgun and faces up to seven years in jail.
Think you’re safe 'cause you live
in a “pro-gun” state? Think again.
Expect to hear statists across the country calling for increased enforcement of
“existing” gun law.
That’s code for twisting current
law to maliciously prosecute gun owners, and it’s nothing new: the institutional
gun lobby has been promoting this for more than a decade.
State and local governments will respond to this anti-gun cattle call and will
race to create new ways to infringe upon your rights through bureaucratic fiat
and “rule” changes.
That’s exactly what happened in New Jersey and an innocent man was convicted
simply because he owned guns.
If you’re as outraged about this
case as I am, there are a couple of things you can do.
Brian Aitken’s prosecution and conviction is simply
outrageous and it’s a cautionary tale to all gun owners.
Anti-gunners will stop at nothing -- and I mean NOTHING -- to put law-abiding
gun owners behind bars.
If
you’re as outraged as I am about Brian Aitken’s malicious prosecution,
please click here to send a petition to New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris
Christie urging him to pardon Brian Aitken
and publicly call for the repeal of New Jersey’s current law requiring a permit
to own a firearm.
After you’ve signed the petition, please consider chipping in $15 or $20 to help
the National Association for Gun Rights fight anti-gun statists in state and
local governments across the country. For Freedom,
Dudley Brown
Executive Director
National Association for Gun Rights
P.S. Anti-gunners
will stop at nothing-- and I mean NOTHING -- to put law-abiding gun owners
behind bars.
If you’re as outraged as I am
about Brian Aitken’s malicious prosecution, please click here to send a petition
to New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie urging him to pardon Brian
Aitken and publicly call for the
repeal of New Jersey’s current law requiring a permit to own a firearm.
After you’ve signed the petition, please consider chipping in $15 or $20 to help
the National Association for Gun Rights fight anti-gun statists in state and
local governments across the country.