[DCBryan1]

What?! Full pardon needed with firearm rights restored for EVERY CITIZEN convicted under GCA 68, NFA 34, FOPA 86, Brady, state laws...et. al.

[Perdogg]

good for him. I guess he is running for President.

[montag813]

Not good enough. Doesn’t he remain a felon, unable to vote, etc? Why are executives so loathe to overturn unjust court decisions? “Scooter” Libby had nothing to do with the Plame leak, and was convicted for the typical stupid “lying to FBI” charge, yet bush only commuted his sentence (same w Ramos/Compean). I don’t it. Injustice SHOULD be pardoned, to send a message to tyrannicval judges (and prosecutors).

[MsLady]

7 years for carrying weapons that were purchased legally? That sounds like a travesty to me. Child molesters don’t get that much time.

[Graybeard58]

And though New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the country

Move to Illinois and redefine "strictest".

[fruser1]

How about impeaching that judge now?

[South40]

The judge in this case is a POS who Christie refused to reappoint. Had pertinent information been allowed by the defense there never would have been a conviction.

Be afraid, folks. Be very afraid.

[Renegade]

SOOOOOO the judge was CORRUPT and the verdict is upheld . The poor guy WAS innocent and still has a felony charge which says goodbye to guns and ammo AND voting . Methinks something stinks in this matter !

[Sooth2222]

"New Jersey law requires residents who want to transport firearms legally to request a permit from a local law enforcement office"

No, it doesn't. There are a lot of inaccuracies in this story, as well as most others about the case. Evan Nappen -- Brian Aitken's attorney, has done a stellar job here -- since he's out for Christmas. There are some problems with a pardon since the pistols (apparently) had higher than 15-round magazine capacity that is allowed by NJ law and were transported in a duffel bag, not in a locked case. I don't think this means Christie is running for President -- 7 years is excessive for offenses that might otherwise rate PTI or probation. Christie did the right thing.

[misterrob]

Wonder what all of the Christie bashers have to say now?

[onyx]

I said he would do it before Christmas or not at all.
This is not a pardon, however and Aitkens was innocent.

[Savage Beast]

Christie is looking better and better.

[Ancesthntr]

His supporters say the judge refused to accept evidence supporting his defense. He was convicted of the same kind of felony a criminal who had bought guns with intent to commit a crime would have faced.

Seems to me that a pardon was called for as a way of reversing that travesty of justice. Mere commutation only gets him out of jail, it doesn't wipe his record, a record that he received because of a corrupt, biased judge failing to perform his duties and uphold the Constitution.

And though New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, Aitken’s attorney said his client did not violate any law because he was in the middle of moving residences between two states.

Exactly - NJ law is irrelevant regarding the interstate transport of firearms. This is addressed in the 1986 FOPA, and was put in there for EXACTLY this reason - to prevent anti-gun states from interfering with the right of gun owners to move guns between 2 places.

A PARDON was called for here, not a mere commutation.

[smokingfrog]

Bad.

Should have been pardoned. Christie has no balls.

[2harddrive]

But, he has STILL lost his guns, and his GUN RIGHTS! Give him BACK his RIGHTS!!