MLK’s Arsenal & The Racist Roots of Gun Control in the U.S.

By: Candice Lanier (Diary)  |  January 17th at 02:45 PM  | 

Martin Luther King, Jr., known for peaceful resistance, at the same time recognized the importance of gun ownership for self-defense. King understood the risks involved in being an outspoken civil rights leader, living in Jim Crow era Alabama, and took measures to protect himself, his family and others around him. King was a gun owner.  In fact, he had a few guns–one visitor to the | Read More »