McCloskeys served with search warrant, police take rifle shown in viral pictures

[T. A. Gardner]

There is plenty of evidence they committed a crime, I suspect they will be arrested soon.

Assault with a deadly weapon is a felony.

Who did they assault? Did she pistol whip somebody? Did either of them shoot somebody? That's what "assault with a deadly weapon" consists of. Brandishing a weapon in defense of your property isn't a crime in Missouri. Do you have evidence they even fired a single round?

[T. A. Gardner]

There was most clearly an assault, the woman pointed her gun repeatedly.

That is called brandishing a weapon or communicating a threat. Assault requires you physically injure another party. In Missouri you can use a firearm in defense of your property and life. The mob broke into their property through a locked gate, destroying the gate, and flooded on to the property ignoring No Trespassing / Private Property signs POSTED. That is breaking and entering, a felony. They according to Ken and Barbie communicated threats of violence. The couple called 911--there will be a recording of that call to tell police they were in fear for their lives and what was happening. That they picked up firearms and brandished them to drive the mob off without shooting anyone is well within the self-defense laws of the state they are in. They didn't leave their property, didn't pursue anyone.
The mob stopped approaching them, but clearly were not frightened and running away from them either. Instead, we can see on video that they engaged both in a series of verbal shouting matches. No assault was present.

The DA is so hit in trying to prosecute this it is funny. This will be expensive for the city and state.

[Saudade]

probably. but there is the 2nd amendment. the local DA will probably back it up with a "brandishing" charge

Indeed. Maybe the DA will learn the hard way why the 2nd Amendment works well against tyrants.

[Saudade]

Brandishing is a real crime, dumb twat.

So is intimidating someone on their own property.

[Saudade]

There was no one on their land, retard.

Actually, there were a lot of people on their land.

[Saudade]

So the legal question here is.... were they really "defending themselves" or just being assholes?

Were any of the protesters actually threatening them with violence or were they just trying to show that they didn't like a bunch of blacks marching down their street?

Why couldn't they have defended themselves by staying inside with heir weapons and hollering a warning out the window, or holding their guns pointing downward at their sides just to let the protesters know they were armed, rather than pointing them?



Looks to me like they got "overly enthusiastic" with regards to their 2nd Amendment rights and exercising of the "Castle Doctrine".

They ought to face some mild punishment because even though had had a certain amount of legitimate reason to be concerned, they also stepped over the line a bit.

Common sense no longer exists in this country.

The guy is an ambulance chaser that has primarily defended minorities, so if you want him to be punished, I'm not going to defend him that much, but the media coverage of this event and the reaction by the left would be quite different if this was a black couple and the protesters were mostly white.

[Saudade]

The police would just bring in the SWAT team and kill them then.

We're not there yet, but give it time.

[Saudade]

Outstanding. I hope they both get disbarred as well. Stupid grandstanding morons. Mrs. McCloskey, according to Mr. McCloskey, doesn't even know how to shoot and has not handled firearms. Yet there the bimbo was, outside waving a pistol at peaceful marchers. BTW, it is a lie that the marchers broke down the gate. It's always open. My husband has walked through that area, where the mayor also lives.

Hopefully, the peaceful protesters come to your house. I'm sure you'll enjoy their company.

[Nomad]

The guy is an ambulance chaser that has primarily defended minorities, so if you want him to be punished, I'm not going to defend him that much, but the media coverage of this event and the reaction by the left would be quite different if this was a black couple and the protesters were mostly white.

If it was a black couple pointing guns at a crowd of white people, no matter what the purpose of their gathering, it would not be reported period.

[Saudade]

If it was a black couple pointing guns at a crowd of white people, no matter what the purpose of their gathering, it would not be reported period.

Agreed.

[/MSG/]

We're not there yet, but give it time.

No, we're there. They do it all the time.

[Saudade]

No, we're there. They do it all the time.

Well, usually, you have to be a group of religious outcasts (Waco) or anti-government but in a remote area (Ruby Ridge). They're not quite blatant enough to do it in a highly urban area, unless I'm forgetting a specific incident.

[ThatOwlWoman]

Hopefully, the peaceful protesters come to your house. I'm sure you'll enjoy their company.

We have had marches here; I joined in one. Yep, we were peaceful. The only incident was a fat white male in a white truck who would drive by slowly, and grin and gun his engine like he was threatening to run over ppl.

[ThatOwlWoman]

The guy is an ambulance chaser that has primarily defended minorities, so if you want him to be punished, I'm not going to defend him that much, but the media coverage of this event and the reaction by the left would be quite different if this was a black couple and the protesters were mostly white.

Yeah, they would have been gunned down by the cops.

[/MSG/]

Well, usually, you have to be a group of religious outcasts (Waco) or anti-government but in a remote area (Ruby Ridge). They're not quite blatant enough to do it in a highly urban area, unless I'm forgetting a specific incident.

Duncan Lemp. Happened like 4 months ago. Plenty of other instances too, if you care to look.