Brian Aitken is an American marketing consultant, entrepreneur, and writer. In 2009, Aitken became a cause célèbre among gun-rights activists in the United States, 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. Aitken spent four months in prison before New Jersey Governor Chris Christie commuted Aitken's sentence to time served. 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.