New Jersey Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison — for firearms that were legally purchased

Did you think that when the ban on semi-autos and semi-auto magazines sunset in 2004, that the jackboots would be removed from the necks of Americans wishing to possess those items?

Well, apparently, not in New Jersey.

Brian Aitken, 27, was convicted in the \”Garden State\” of possessing high-capacity magazines and now faces seven years in prison. 

What makes Aitken\’s conviction all the more disconcerting is that he had contacted the New Jersey State Police prior to moving his home and his firearms — and he thought he had all his i\’s dotted and his t\’s crossed.

According to the Philadelphia Daily News (10/30/10), Aitken had two handguns in his trunk, both of them \”locked and unloaded as New Jersey requires.\”