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*Shocked*A white couple who stood outside their St. Louis mansion and pointed guns at protesters support the Black Lives Matter movement and don’t want to become heroes to those who oppose the cause, their attorney said Monday.
Video posted online showed Mark McCloskey, 63, and his 61-year-old wife, Patricia, standing outside their Renaissance palazzo-style home Sunday night in the city’s well-to-do Central West End neighborhood as protesters marched toward the mayor’s home to demand her resignation. He could be heard yelling while holding a long-barreled gun. His wife stood next to him with a handgun.
Mark McCloskey told KMOV-TV that he and wife, who are personal injury lawyers, were facing an “angry mob” on their private street and feared for their lives Sunday night.
"a large group of subjects forcefully break an iron gate marked with ‘No Trespassing’ and ‘Private Street' signs,”
a second Facebook Live video taken later shows the right gate door bent and broken on the ground.
Twenty seconds after several protesters made their way through the gate, the video shows Mark McCloskey exiting his house with a long rifle, yelling at protesters to leave the private street.
Once through the gate, (the McCloskeys) advised the group that they were "on a private street and trespassing and told them to leave," according to police. The couple told police the group began yelling obscenities and threatened to harm them.
This. Do I think the optics could have better? Sure do. But, he did what many won't and wouldn't do...he put his money where his mouth is. And his wife? She armed up and stood by him. How many wives would do that?High Power wrote:The message that we, as a gun community, need to emphasize is that the 2nd amendment is for everyone. It should not matter whether the person holding the weapon looks like a clown or not.
The firearm is the great equalizer; whether you are wearing a pink polo shirt or barefoot.
I agree with both of you. The image they project connects with the average middle class home owner much more then if they were out there all kited up in BDUs and plate carriers.sodbuster95 wrote:This. Do I think the optics could have better? Sure do. But, he did what many won't and wouldn't do...he put his money where his mouth is. And his wife? She armed up and stood by him. How many wives would do that?High Power wrote:The message that we, as a gun community, need to emphasize is that the 2nd amendment is for everyone. It should not matter whether the person holding the weapon looks like a clown or not.
The firearm is the great equalizer; whether you are wearing a pink polo shirt or barefoot.
Would I prefer to see a couple better trained and who had better firearms discipline? Yes. But that's not the point.
Points to the wife, yes, for being willing to show up and look the part. However, if she doesn't know what she's doing, why would he ask her to be in that position? They're both ill prepared to do what needs to be done, but brandishing/posing is something they can accomplish.sodbuster95 wrote:This. Do I think the optics could have better? Sure do. But, he did what many won't and wouldn't do...he put his money where his mouth is. And his wife? She armed up and stood by him. How many wives would do that?High Power wrote:The message that we, as a gun community, need to emphasize is that the 2nd amendment is for everyone. It should not matter whether the person holding the weapon looks like a clown or not.
The firearm is the great equalizer; whether you are wearing a pink polo shirt or barefoot.
Would I prefer to see a couple better trained and who had better firearms discipline? Yes. But that's not the point.
In this spirit, I commend the McCloskey's.Defiance is named for Fort Defiance, constructed in 1794 by General “Mad” Anthony Wayne, who was sent to subdue the Indians and end British influence in the area. It was the strongest fortification he had built during his campaigns against the Indians. Wayne is reported to have said: “I defy the English, the Indians, and all the devils in Hell to take it.” To which General Scott replied, “Then call it Fort Defiance.”
