Before They Were Conservative Heroes, St. Louis Gun Couple Fought Firearm Companies In Court
Lawyers Mark and Patricia McCloskey won hundreds of thousands of dollars for clients injured by faulty handguns. By Chip Brownlee & Brian Freskos Trace (8/24/20) Mark and Patricia McCloskey attracted national attention when they stood on the lawn of their palatial home in a gated St. Louis community and pointed a rifle and a handgun at a passing group of Black Lives Matter protesters. The couple quickly became darlings of some Republican politicians and gun-rights activists, who said the two were simply exercising their rights under the Second Amendment. “We’ve got a right to bear arms. We’ve got a right…
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