TFred
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As is usually the case, anti-gunners are again this year using Martin Luther King Day as a convenient excuse to attempt to shame pro-RKBA interests. How could we possibly be in favor of anything gun related on such a day that honors the great, non-violent, Dr. Martin Luther King?
What these dispicable folks would rather you never know is that Dr. King was indeed in favor of self-defense. In his speech titled Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom, given on May 4, 1966, Dr. King said (with my emphasis added):
On this day which we set aside to remember and honor a man who gave all he had to give to the cause he held most dear, let's also remember that he was a like-thinker when it came to our right to keep and bear arms, and especially to protect our lives and those of our loved ones from those who would do us harm.
TFred
As is usually the case, anti-gunners are again this year using Martin Luther King Day as a convenient excuse to attempt to shame pro-RKBA interests. How could we possibly be in favor of anything gun related on such a day that honors the great, non-violent, Dr. Martin Luther King?
What these dispicable folks would rather you never know is that Dr. King was indeed in favor of self-defense. In his speech titled Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom, given on May 4, 1966, Dr. King said (with my emphasis added):
Obviously Dr. King was fighting the evils of that day on a different plain than mere physical protection, and that was the point of this particular speech. But as a part of this fight, he assumed it was normal, beyond question, that one would protect their own homes and by implication, families and loved ones, from that violence.There are many people who very honestly raise the question of self-defense. This must be placed in perspective. 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's home and person against assault by lawless night riders does not provide any positive approach to the fears and conditions which produce violence.
On this day which we set aside to remember and honor a man who gave all he had to give to the cause he held most dear, let's also remember that he was a like-thinker when it came to our right to keep and bear arms, and especially to protect our lives and those of our loved ones from those who would do us harm.
TFred