Christie pardons several mired in New Jersey’s strict gun laws

By Chris Eger

Christie on Friday announced a series of pardons for those convicted of crimes in the Garden State, including several that have been symbols for reforming New Jersey’s gun laws. (Photo: Governor’s office)
On his last week in office, outgoing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie granted over two dozen pardons including several to those who had been ensnared by the state’s firearm laws.
Christie granted 26 orders for clemency, almost all pardons, bringing his eight-year total of such actions to just 55. Among those granted relief were media consultant Brian Aitken and Marine Sgt. Hisashi Pompey, men who had been arrested and found guilty of criminal weapon possession even though they had clear records and owned guns legally bought outside the state.
Aiken, arrested in 2009 with two locked and unloaded handguns he had purchased legally in Colorado in the trunk of his car, had originally been sentenced to seven years in prison and released after four months following a commutation order from Christie in 2010. Aiken later wrote a book about his experience, subtitled, “How the Left’s War on Guns Cost Me My Son and My Freedom.”
Pompey, a veteran of two tours in Afghanistan, had a clean record prior to a 2011 encounter

Source: Guns.com