Missouri AG Seeks to Dismiss Charges Against St. Louis Couple Who Brandished Guns

'Citizens shouldn’t be targeted for exercising their [Second Amendment] right to self-defense'

A couple brandished guns as a group of activists moved into their gated neighborhood in St. Louis, Mo., on June 28, 2020. Daniel Shular via Reuters

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt late Monday filed a brief seeking to dismiss charges filed against Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who wielded their guns as a crowd moved past their property last month.

The brief filing cites the Second Amendment and says that “the Attorney General respectfully requests that the Court dismiss this case at the earliest possible opportunity.”