NEW: The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020.
The court stayed the suspension on the condition they serve a year's probation.to the Supreme Court, the couple argued that the court violated their Second Amendment rights and denied them their rights under the due process clause of the Constitution.
They argued they were "exercising lawful rights to bear arms in defense of their person, family, and home."They had pleaded guilty in June 2021 to one count of fourth-degree assault after pointing guns at anti-racism protesters outside of their home in St. Louis, but they were later pardoned by Missouri's governor.
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