I just read the details of the court case....... the following is just plain disturbing:
Source:
http://www.pitchengine.com/free-brian-aitken-legal-gun-owner-jailed-for-7-years/105462/
"On January 2, 2009 Brian was arrested for illegal possession of firearms while moving from one residence from another. All of the firearms were legally owned—Brian passed three different FBI background checks to purchase and had even cleared an FBI screening for employment as a data researcher handling confidential information for a banking security software firm.
Several witnesses, including the arresting officer, testified that not only did Brian have multiple residences but that his car was packed with his personal belongings–so much so that
it took the police 2 hours and 39 minutes before they found Brian’s guns locked and unloaded in the trunk of his car, exactly as NJ law dictates. Brian knew this because only days earlier he had found out through the NJ state police how to legally transport his firearms in NJ. The officers, believing Brian had done nothing wrong, then offered to leave the firearms at his parents’ house, but when they wouldn’t fit in his father’s safe the supervising officer decided to arrest him instead.
During the trial it became clear to everyone in the courtroom that
Brian fit the exemptions of the law for moving between residences. However, the judge withheld the law from the jury, thereby ensuring a guilty verdict. Regardless, the jury returned from deliberation three times specifically requesting to be read the exemptions of the law. One can only assume that this was so they could find Brian not guilty. The judge and the prosecutor made it clear that they had no intention of allowing Brian to walk out an innocent man. They were more interested in a guilty verdict than truth and justice.
Six days later Governor Christie decided not to reappoint Judge James Morley for his misconduct in 2 other cases where
Judge Morley sympathized with an off duty police officer who molested farm animals."
I guess we gotta assume Brian gave consent to the search of his vehicle? I haven't found anything that discusses the probable cause for the search.......
WTF is going on in New Jersey? Is common sense illegal as well?
...... Well, I suppose if the people depicted on shows such as "Jersey Shore" and "Jerseylicious" are a true example of the majority of folks found there..... they've been fawked for a long time.
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