Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a brief seeking to dismiss Gardner’s charges against the McCloskeys on the grounds that they were legally exercising their Second-Amendment rights. Meanwhile, the violent trespassers are free. McCloskey says he will not be intimidated.
It took two hours for a hundred firefighters to contain the fire at the Gothic masterpiece, which destroyed the baroque 1627 grand organ, stained glass windows, sculptures, and art.