UPI Mark McCloskey announced he will run for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. The St. Louis attorney and his wife, Patricia, gained national attention for pointing guns at protesters in front of their house last June. St. Louis attorney Mark McCloskey, who gained national attention when he pointed a gun at protesters walking by his home, announced Tuesday he’s running for the U.S. Senate. “People are just sick of it,” McCloskey said of current elected officials. “They don’t want any more posers and egotists and career politicians going to D.C. All we hear is talk. And nothing ever changes.”