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What Gun Advocates Get Wrong About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

By Penny Okamoto, Executive Director of Ceasefire Oregon

This is an excellent article that corrects some misinformation about Martin Luther King Jr. and guns. King did not favor gun ownership and ultimately decided that arming himself was inconsistent with his commitment to nonviolence.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/01/21/what-gun-advocates-get-wrong-abo…