Missouri Couple Defends Their Home From Rampaging Mob Who Broke Through Perimeter Gate on Private Property…

Deplorable Me · Jun 29, 2020

No mention of trespassing or invasion of private property from the left propaganda mill:

US couple draw guns at hundreds of protestors in St Louis - Democratic Underground Forums

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Deplorable Me · Jun 29, 2020

She needs better trigger discipline, a bigger gun and a better wardrobe if she's going to fend off home invaders. Honestly, looks like the first time they've ever handled firearms.

PS: Get behind some cover.

Deplorable Me · Jun 29, 2020

livingston said:
This is the home they were defending

A decades-long renovation returns a Midwestern palazzo to its original glory

The McCloskeys’ Restored Midwestern Palazzo

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to remove the address of the home. When attorneys Mark and Patty McCloskey bought their home in February of 1988, it was the color of cigarette ashes. Still dirty from the days when St. Louis lay under a blanket of coal smoke, the home’s Carthage marble...

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Not enough money in the guns and ammo budget.

holdover · Jun 29, 2020

If I had the money, If I was a rock star, or NFL star I wouldn't buy a ""house"" like that. Its to much house. I see the movie stars houses in Bel Air that look like hotels . Private? yes. nice? yes. Hotel? no.

Steal2B · Jun 29, 2020

I first saw this story on a push message today.

The now further Left Leaning FoxNews piece touts "home owners aiming guns" at peaceful protesters, threatening the crowd of 300 passing by their home.

Little is mentioned of the mob breaking in to a gated community, and the attached video does not show homeowners aiming at the mob, but does show mob members leaving the street in to their yard and shows protesters yelling and taunting at the homeowners.

The video screen shot clearly shows some of the mob entered their property and marched up their walk to confront them at their front entrance. These homeowners are victims, albeit rich and uninjured victims.

With the exception of a dwindling few personalities ... FoxNews is morphing in to a MSM echo chamber with the Fair and Balanced making me think my viewing screen is tilted to the left.

Chevusa · Jun 29, 2020

BuffNiag · Jun 29, 2020

Hmm where was the national media attention when a BLM thug pointed a rifle at a motorcyclist on a PUBLIC ROAD?

Video: Agitators Point Guns at Drivers as Michigan Police Stand Down

Agitators promoting Black Lives Matter blocked roads in Lansing, Michigan, on Friday and pointed guns at a motorcyclist who tried to pass.

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Blimey · Jun 29, 2020

They didn't handle this well. They were not legally justified in pointing weapons, as pointing a weapon at somebody even if they are walking on your grass is a no-no.

Sit inside, make sure you have lots of full mags, running around flaunting the weapon is just not wise.

Gosh what a nice house, though. They are stinking rich. It would not surprise me if they are victims of vandalism now.

I appreciate their anger. They just went a bit over the line walking around pointing the gun around. Illegal and also extremely risky.

byron · Jun 29, 2020

Missouri has strong Castle Doctrine laws that do not require a duty of the homeowner to retreat from the threat.

speedkills27 · Jun 29, 2020

livingston said:
This mob was very fortunate the couple were well disciplined in their use of firearms.

Well disciplined maybe, but not well trained. They might wanna invest in some ammo and training before the next riot pops off

DrBleachCocktail · Jun 29, 2020

Love how race is always thrown on the topic of the conversation. Why can’t title be “Americans standing their ground as protesters/mob enters private property” is that too much to ask?

@thewheels · Jun 29, 2020

DrBleachCocktail said:
Love how race is always thrown or the topic of the conversation. Why can’t title be “Americans standing their ground as protesters/mob enters private property” is that too much to ask?

It's our version of China's social credit system.
In this specific case it's applied as a demerit system but if they were transgendered gay aisans or hispanics defending their crop of marijuana and poppy plants, it's all bonus points.

carpediem · Jun 29, 2020

Deplorable Me said:
Not enough money in the guns and ammo budget.

I would defend that home with force too. That is a work of art. It is worth more that all those rioters will ever earn. Peaceful protesters my ass.

Toecutter · Jun 29, 2020

Steal2B · Jun 29, 2020

Blimey said:
They didn't handle this well. They were not legally justified in pointing weapons, as pointing a weapon at somebody even if they are walking on your grass is a no-no.

Sit inside, make sure you have lots of full mags, running around flaunting the weapon is just not wise.

Gosh what a nice house, though. They are stinking rich. It would not surprise me if they are victims of vandalism now.

I appreciate their anger. They just went a bit over the line walking around pointing the gun around. Illegal and also extremely risky.

I'm pretty sure that two ambulance chasing lawyers (it is reported the couple are successful liability / injury lawyers) have a grasp on their legal limitations under their state laws and likely understood the boundaries they could not cross in this situation. (Mob tresspassing past gates / signage, parts of mob tresspassing well on to their property approaching an otherwise posted secure homefront, some in the mob were armed, some in the mob yelled violent direct threats, etc) Some "legal" pundants did say that the couple did not violate state law but I can not knowledgeably talk to it.

Attorney and home owner Mark McCloskey spoke to CBS 5 in St. Louis on Monday and explained his side of the incident, asserting that the crowd was anything but peaceful.

" A mob of at least 100 smashed through the historic wrought iron gates of Portland Place, destroying them, rushed towards my home where my family was having dinner outside and put us in fear of our lives,” McCloskey told the outlet.

“This is all private property. There are no public sidewalks or public streets. We were told that we would be killed, our home burned and our dog killed. We were all alone facing an angry mob.”

McCloskey said he spotted people in the crowd with the guns. He said that’s when they decided to get his own gun."

Chevusa · Jun 29, 2020

byron said:
Missouri has strong Castle Doctrine laws that do not require a duty of the homeowner to retreat from the threat.

Neither does NY.....

repete · Jun 29, 2020

livingston said:
This is the home they were defending

A decades-long renovation returns a Midwestern palazzo to its original glory

The McCloskeys’ Restored Midwestern Palazzo

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to remove the address of the home. When attorneys Mark and Patty McCloskey bought their home in February of 1988, it was the color of cigarette ashes. Still dirty from the days when St. Louis lay under a blanket of coal smoke, the home’s Carthage marble...

www.stlmag.com

Lots of cover outside, why didn't they use it?

Deplorable Me · Jun 29, 2020

Omission of the truth is as good as a lie. I hate 5th column journalism.

Steal2B · Jun 29, 2020

repete said:
Lots of cover outside, why didn't they use it?

At some point their family and dog were seeking cover behind that short wall when their meal was interrupted and they wanted to stop the threat on their home and not ambush invaders. (according to the home owner).

Police confirmed the home owners called the police for emergency help but the police did not respond before the events escalated.

Blimey · Jun 29, 2020

Steal2B said:
I'm pretty sure that two ambulance chasing lawyers (it is reported the couple are successful liability / injury lawyers) have a grasp on their legal limitations under their state laws and likely understood the boundaries they could not cross in this situation. (Mob tresspassing past gates / signage, parts of mob tresspassing well on to their property approaching an otherwise posted secure homefront, some in the mob were armed, some in the mob yelled violent direct threats, etc) Some "legal" pundants did say that the couple did not violate state law but I can not knowledgeably talk to it.

Attorney and home owner Mark McCloskey spoke to CBS 5 in St. Louis on Monday and explained his side of the incident, asserting that the crowd was anything but peaceful.

" A mob of at least 100 smashed through the historic wrought iron gates of Portland Place, destroying them, rushed towards my home where my family was having dinner outside and put us in fear of our lives,” McCloskey told the outlet.

McCloskey said he spotted people in the crowd with the guns. He said that’s when they decided to get his own gun."

hopefully he can prove all this with video and presumably video cameras on his home.

This is why “protesters” will not enter suburbs. The response will be decidedly less kind than it has been.

Blimey · Jun 29, 2020

Steal2B said:
At some point their family and dog were seeking cover behind that short wall when their meal was interrupted and they wanted to stop the threat on their home and not ambush invaders. (according to the home owner).

Police confirmed the home owners called the police for emergency help but the police did not respond before the events escalated.

nice. They should be good to go. She still made a huge tactical error going out waving her pistol around. Staying back by door with AR is about all the go-away these people would need.

Steal2B · Jun 29, 2020

Blimey said:
hopefully he can prove all this with video and presumably video cameras on his home.

This is why “protesters” will not enter suburbs. The response will be decidedly less kind than it has been.

Police chief indicated the home owner's account of events on local news is consistent with calls for police support and security footage.

Steal2B · Jun 29, 2020

Mayor resigning today.

E the massive · Jun 29, 2020

@GOPerfect where do you get your melee weapons? If I'm getting on the news I'm gonna be naked with axe and shield. I'm not kidding.

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