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A St. Louis couple who went viral for aiming guns at protesters in their neighborhood are coming to the Lehigh Valley for an election event.

The Northampton County GOP is hosting Mark and Patricia McCloskey on Sept. 17 at Fairview Park, 3501 Fairview Ave. in Palmer Township.

The couple plan to speak on the importance of the Second Amendment and the right to defend yourself and your private property, according to the Facebook listing of the event.

The visit comes after the McCloskeys spoke at the Republican National Convention last month.

The couple went viral after arming themselves and standing outside their home on June 28 as protesters marched down their private residential street toward Mayor Lyda Krewsons house, to call for the mayors resignation.

The couple has said they feared for their lives, and, in their RNC comments, said they were defending our home as a mob of protesters descended on our neighborhood.

Prosecutors allege protesters feared being injured as Mark McCloskey, 63, pointed an AR-15 rifle at protesters and Patricia McCloskey, 61, wielded a semiautomatic handgun.

They each face a felony count of unlawful use of a weapon-exhibiting.

They are due back in court in October. The cases are expected to be heard by a St. Louis grand jury that will decide whether there is sufficient probable cause for an indictment, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has sought to dismiss the charges against the couple and Gov. Mike Parson said he would pardon the couple if they were convicted.

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Sarah Cassi may be reached at scassi@lehighvalleylive.com.

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