The St. The St. Louis man and his wife were caught on camera waving a gun at Black Lives Matter demonstrators outside their home. They are suing to get the guns back days after a pardon was granted to them.
Republican U.S. Senate Candidat Mark McCloskey filed Wednesday a lawsuit in St. Louis City Circuit Court to challenge the pardon of Republican Governor. Mike Parson nullifies any judgments and orders in the case, the Kansas City Star reported. Parson is seeking to have the Colt AR-15 rifle returned by the state and a Bryco pistol.
McCloskey stated that McCloskey had told Fox News that McCloskey had informed him that the governor had pardoned them and that those judgments were void. McCloskey also said the city planned to melt the weapons. “It doesn’t do me any good to have a few pounds of melted aluminium. “I want my guns back.”
McCloskey pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault in June, a misdemeanor. He was also ordered to pay $750 in fines. Patricia McCloskey, McCloskey’s wife, pleaded guilty in June to second-degree harassment. She was also charged with a misdemeanor.
Mark McCloskey also wants to be reimbursed for any fines paid. According to the Missouri Department of Corrections website, a full pardon does not remove a conviction, but it removes any “punitive collateral consequence stemming out of the conviction without conditions and restrictions.”
McCloskey, who has owned the rifle since 1989, said the gun seizure was part of a “politically-motivated” move by the office of St. Kim Gardner, Louis Circuit Attorney.
The petition is based on a June 2020 incident where McCloskeys were seen wielding weapons at Black Lives Matter demonstrators who marched through their private neighborhood. The crowd was on its way to Lyda Krewson’s home.
“We stood on our land defending ourselves against an angry mob. McCloskey stated that the people who broke down our gate and threatened to attack us were those that should have been arrested. “It wasn’t until Kim Gardner and her social engineering programme decided that criminals were good people and that good people are criminals, that they came and took our guns.”
He said, “We did exactly what the Second Amendment was intended for.”
After campaign fundraising emails were sent to constituents, Gardner’s office was no longer responsible for overseeing the prosecution.
