Lacey’s threat

Re “Put Lacey’s threat in context,” editorial, April 13

When Mark and Patricia McCloskey each pointed a gun at Black Lives Matter protesters passing by their house in suburban St. Louis last year, they became poster children for the National Rifle Assn. and later spoke at the Republican National Convention.

Both were later charged with unlawful use of a weapon. As St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner explained, “It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner at those participating in a nonviolent protest.”

The Times Editorial Board did not rush to the defense of these two gun nuts. But when the nut in question is David Lacey, husband of former Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey, the story changes.

Lacey pointed a gun at Melina Abdullah, cofounder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, and threatened to shoot her during an earlymorning demonstration outside Lacey’s home. She wants Lacey stripped of his right to bear arms, a perfectly reasonable, law-abiding request. Leigh Clark

Granada Hills