{"id":114699,"date":"2026-01-19T22:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T04:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=114699"},"modified":"2026-01-19T22:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T04:22:32","slug":"114699","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=114699","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/jeff-charles\/2026\/01\/19\/anti-gunner-hacks-use-martin-luther-king-jr-to-push-for-gun-control-n2669703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anti-Gunner Hacks Use Martin Luther King Jr. to Push for Gun Control, but There&#8217;s a Problem<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While America is honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., some on the left are using his birthday to push for stripping Americans of their Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>Giffords, one of the nation\u2019s leading anti-gunner organizations, wrote a post on X in which it noted that King \u201cdreamed of a world rooted in justice and peace,\u201d but his \u201clife was cut short by gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organization is honoring King \u201cby continuing the fight for safer communities for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" 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frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2013258170500559287\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>The Stop Gun Violence PAC noted that King \u201ctaught us that every person has the right to live free from fear,\u201d but \u201cgun violence steals that freedom from our families every day.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" 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frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2013055698469339580\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s something the anti-gunners won\u2019t tell you about King. He applied for a concealed carry permit in 1956 after his home in Montgomery, Alabama, was firebombed.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, the police were responsible for determining who would be allowed to have a permit. They denied his application as they had with most other Black applicants.<\/p>\n<p>King wished to carry a firearm to protect himself and his family against the KKK and others. Yet, the sheriff deemed him \u201cunsuitable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The civil rights leader was known for his nonviolent approach to fighting for equality. Yet, most don\u2019t know that he still approved of the use of firearms for self-defense in one\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In a 1966 essay titled \u201cNonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom,\u201d he wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It goes without saying that people will protect their homes. This is a right guaranteed by the Constitution and respected even in the worst areas of the South. But the mere protection of one&#8217;s home and person against assault by lawless night riders does not provide any positive approach to the fears and conditions which produce violence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a 1961 letter to Robert F. Williams, King wrote, &#8220;The principle of self-defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ironically enough, Democrats back in the 1960s had no problem using the assassinations of King and Robert F. Kennedy to restrict gun rights. The Gun Control Act of 1968 was signed into law two months after Kennedy\u2019s assassination, spurred in large part by the two killings<\/p>\n<p>President Lyndon B. Johnson had been pushing for comprehensive gun control legislation since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. But MLK\u2019s and RFK\u2019s deaths were exactly what the anti-gunner crowd needed to pass one of the most egregious infringements on the Second Ameendment in U.S. history.<\/p>\n<p>King later decided against having firearms in his home after conversations with other civil rights leaders such as Bayard Rustin and Rev. Glenn Smiley.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was much more afraid in Montgomery when I had a gun in my house. When I decided that I couldn&#8217;t keep a gun, I came face-to-face with the question of death and I dealt with it,\u201d King reportedly said. \u201cFrom that point on, I no longer needed a gun nor have I been afraid. Had we become distracted by the question of my safety we would have lost the moral offensive and sunk to the level of our oppressors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, this did not mean that King opposed others owning firearms for self-defense. While he decried gun violence \u2014 as most Americans do \u2014 he never advocated for gun control laws.<\/p>\n<p>This is the history the anti-gunner left would rather you didn\u2019t know. They would rather exploit King\u2019s death \u2014 as they did in 1968 \u2014 to strip Americans of our right to keep and bear arms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-Gunner Hacks Use Martin Luther King Jr. to Push for Gun Control, but There&#8217;s a Problem While America is honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., some on the left are using his birthday to push for stripping Americans of their Second Amendment rights. 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