Brian Aitken is an American marketing consultant, entrepreneur,[1] and writer.[2]
In 2009, Aitken became a cause célèbre among gun-rights activists in the United States,[3][4] after he was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison for possessing handguns legally purchased in Colorado and transported in New Jersey from one residence to another.[5] Aitken spent four months in prison before New Jersey Governor Chris Christie commuted Aitken's sentence to time served.[6] In 2012, the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division and the State of New Jersey dismissed three illegal possession of firearms convictions and in 2018 Aitken was pardoned by Governor Christie.[7]