Mark McCloskey Won't Have Guns or Money Returned, Despite Pardon, Missouri Judge Rules: ReportSt. Louis lawyer Mark McCloskey will not have his guns or the fines he paid returned to him even though he had received a governor’s pardon in 2021, a Missouri judge has ruled.
McCloskey and his wife, Patricia McCloskey, both personal injury lawyers, pleaded guilty in June 2021 to misdemeanor charges for assault and harassment, respectively, over an incident in 2020 where they had wielded guns in self defense at their property while watching Black Lives Matter protesters walk through their private, gated neighborhood.
They were required to pay maximum fines totaling $2,750. As part of the plea agreement, the two also surrendered the guns they wielded—a Colt AR-15 rifle and a Bryco pistol....
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