2011年5月25日 · Most people think Martin Luther King would be the last person to own a gun. Yet in the mid-1950s, as the civil rights movement heated up, King kept firearms for self-protection.

2024年8月18日 · When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the weapon used to take his life became a crucial piece of evidence in one of the most significant criminal …

2022年1月17日 · Dr. King believed in his right to own guns in order to defend himself and his home. But after his Montgomery, Alabama home was fire-bombed, he had to come to terms …

2015年4月4日 · The Gun That Killed: Martin Luther King At 6.00pm on the 4th April 1968, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. stepped onto the balcony outside his room at the Lorraine …

2025年1月20日 · King himself had a complicated relationship with guns. He was a firearm owner; after his house was firebombed in 1956, he applied for a concealed carry permit in Alabama. …

2024年4月27日 · The assassination of Martin Luther King led to the passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968, which expanded regulations on firearms. Were there any other attempts on Martin …

Martin Luther King Jr. was surrounded by guns, even though he didn't like them. At times, armed foot soldiers protected the Baptist preacher and his family. As he led protests across the...

2018年4月3日 · Not only was a president assassinated, but an ex-Marine opened fire from an observation deck in Austin and the homicide rate leaped by more than 50 percent, driven by …

2024年4月27日 · What gun killed Martin Luther King Jr.? James Earl Ray, a fugitive, shot and killed Martin Luther King Jr. with a .30-06 Remington Gamemaster rifle on April 4, 1968, in …

2024年4月26日 · The gun that killed Martin Luther King Jr. was a Remington Model 760 Gamemaster rifle, which was used by James Earl Ray in the assassination.