Posted on 10/17/2013 6:29:25 AM PDT by envisio
A desperate father has been banned from seeing his young son for four years after he was found with an unloaded gun he legally owned in the back of his car among his possessions as he moved house. Brian Aitken was arrested in 2009 as he was moving back from Colorado to New Jersey to be near his child after a divorce. He was later convicted of possessing a gun and sentenced to seven years' prison. Now the New York University graduate and digital media entrepreneur is using a crowdfunding website to raise funds so he can write a book about his ordeal and hopefully be reunited with his little boy. The saga began when Aitken's mother called 911 after he arrived with his possessions piled high at her house in New Jersey, but she didn't complete the call. The police arrived regardless and after questioning her she explained that she was concerned for Aitken's welfare following his divorce.
The officers then called Aitken, who by that stage had left, and coerced him to return. When he arrived, the officers searched his car and found three locked, unloaded handguns in the trunk. He was then arrested.
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Not necessarily. Lots of vindictive ex’s.
Totally insane!
“So me... owner of a NC CCW... married father of five... never had more than a traffic ticket... happen to be driving in New Jersey with a pistol... spent 7 years in prison with rapists and murderers.
there’s gotta be something missing. This is unreal.”
I remember this story when it happened. There’s nothing missing. That’s how it happened. Don’t drive in NJ with an unloaded handgun in the car, unless you have a NJ permit.
No, his own mother called the cops. His wife was back in Colorado, I imagine.
Here is a 2010 article from “Reason.com”
http://reason.com/archives/2010/11/15/brian-aitkens-mistake
I missed that. Well, if you can’t count on family....
The malfeasance is breathtaking.
He waw interviewed on Blaze last weekend, so I don’t have a link for those details.
His mother learned a lesson the hard way, for her son at least. Never, ever under no circumstances get the police involved in anything. They are not the friend of the law abiding.
there's his crime.
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