Well the governor did say that he would pardon them back when this all started
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I was not awares.
Yep, back in October…
So, Mark McCloskey finally gets his AR back. He refused to let it go:
The St. Louis couple who went viral in 2020 for wielding guns as Black Lives Matter protesters marched outside their property have regained possession of [their semiautomatic rifle].
After a yearslong and complex legal struggle to reclaim [their weapons after they were seized by authorities more than five years ago, police have returned the AR-15 to St. Louis lawyers Mark and Patricia McCloskey.
“It only took 3 lawsuits, 2 trips to the Court of Appeals and 1,847 days, but I got my AR15 back!” Mark McCloskey account on Friday, along with several photos of him carrying the gun.
“We defended our home, were persecuted by the left, smeared by the press, and threatened with death, but we never backed down.”
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I just gotta wonder how much it cost them to get that AR back. Considering the time and money they must have invested I’m gonna guess that it is now one highly overpriced carbine.
I totally get that this is a matter of principle. It ain’t really about the value of the firearm. It’s a victory, but it’s largely a pyrrhic victory in terms of juice vs squeeze. Kudos to them for putting up the fight.
In truth the real winners here are other American gun owners who may benefit from the setting of legal precedent. For that, I thank them for the sacrifice.
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An update.
It has quite a bit of info from the article Will linked, but it isn’t just a copy.
Mentions damage to their careers and that they got the pistol back eventually.