The couple previously pleaded guilty to charges related to the confrontation, and as such surrendered their weapons and paid fines. Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty ruled, though, the pardon “had no bearing on the plea agreement,” and therefore the guns are to remain out of their custody.
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Pardoned Lawyers Who Confronted Protestors with Guns Shouldn’t Get Them Back: Judge
Mark McCloskey and his wife Patricia, both lawyers who gained notoriety for brandishing weapons at activists during a 2020 protest in Missouri, are not entitled to get their weapons back even after the state’s governor pardoned them for their actions. So reports Yahoo! News.
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