St. Louis Cops Seize Gun That Couple Pointed At Black Lives Matter Protesters

[marble falls]

St. Louis Cops Seize Gun That Couple Pointed At Black Lives Matter Protesters
“They took my AR,” Mark McCloskey told a right-wing radio program.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-mccloskey-st-louis-guns-black-lives-matter_n_5f094073c5b6480493d04299

By Mary Papenfuss


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“We complied with the search warrant. They took my AR,” Mark McCloskey told the conservative Todd Starnes radio show. “I’m absolutely surprised by this.”

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Mark McCloskey claimed he and his wife grabbed their guns during the protest because they were afraid for their lives from the “angry mob who came through my gate.” His wife insisted in a Fox News interview that she heard protesters talk about how they wanted to take over their home, kill her and her husband, and their dog.

But video of the protest that went viral shows protesters slowly sauntering past the couple on the sidewalk and not confronting them.

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They have sued neighbors for making changes to their gravel road, sued a former employer for wrongful termination, sued others for defamation, and asserted “squatters’ rights” on common neighborhood property, according to the newspaper. This was apparently part of the land they claimed to be guarding with their firearms. McCloskey said in an affidavit last year that he had once challenged a neighbor cutting through that property “at gunpoint.”

[soothsayer]

1. I don't like those people much

[Wawannabe]

2. Sweet!

Watta concept.
Abuse the right, lose the right. Especially since it was an AR!

Fucking. Moron.

[Aristus]

3. That might actually be a painful punishment.

These clowns live in mortal terror that their guns will be confiscated. The NRA's ghoulish slogan makes it clear that death is preferable.

Me? I'm cool if someone does both to them...

[demtenjeep]

4. for a couple of rich spoiled brats

they sure whine a lot

[Thekaspervote]

5. It isn't "his" gate!! It's the community front entrance gate

[Thomas Hurt]

8. Dude probably thinks he is a feudal lord...like many cons.

[uponit7771]

10. These guys just wanted to shoot non-whites

[CanonRay]

6. That wasn't the protesters that threatened them

It was their neighbors

[kimbutgar]

7. How long until they get an invite to the White House for a photo op with the klansman pos ?

Maybe a presidential freedom of honor medal?

[marble falls]

9. And Don Jr presents him with a custom DJT model AR-15 on the White House lawn.

[aikoaiko]

11. They need to confiscate her pistol, too.

She was doubly reckless by pointing her pistol at people with her finger on the trigger.

[Nevilledog]

23. That was my thought.... Where's the pistol?

[nsd]

12. That couple didn't even know how to hold their firearms.

That was (one of the) ridiculous things about that incident. Neither seemed at all familiar with their firearms or with the rules of firearm safety.

[marble falls]

13. The wife was the scary one. Waving her pistol with a finger on the trigger.

[Talitha]

14. I'm getting REAL tired of the 'I feared for my life' crap.

If you fear for your life, stay inside, lock the door and call the authorities.

Do NOT go outside and ask for trouble.

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[marble falls]

15. Me. too. Damned tired of it. If I'm afraid of you and a hundred of your closest friends, ...

me and the wife standing out front of the house in an agitated state with a small automatic and an AR-15 would not be my first inclination.

[NurseJackie]

16. They're both delusional.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Dangerously So

At least they have one less gun, now.

[marble falls]

19. Her pistol is being held by her lawyer. But I can't believe they aren't re-armed by now.

[marble falls]

18. A rare case of a "Folie deux".

[dmr]

20. Neither know anything about holding a firearm.

They were both reckless, especially the woman.

She was flinging it here and there with her finger on the trigger. It's a wonder the damn thing didn't go off and hit an innocent person, or into a neighbor's house.

Then where would she be? Scared inside a jailcell?

Her husband wasn't too careful with his big gun either.

Irresponsible, stupid and self-entitled. Real shitheads. They'll be honored guests at the next Trump hate rally.

[NutmegYankee]

21. Police would not have executed a search warrant without charges pending.

Looks like justice might actually get served.

[Hortensis]

22. Good to hear. Of course, it produced the AR as evidence. nt