Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King jr.

Is it a coincident that Martin Luther King was an advocate for nonviolent activism and on the Obama Administration agenda weighing heavily on controlling gun ownership during his next four years inauguration? Can we also consider the reasons King cites for his violations of the law in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in the same sense that gun advocates says to take their gun rights away would violates the law? Dr. King answered the question: “How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others? The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws; just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying the just laws. One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that an unjust law is no law at all.” The demonstrations in Birmingham Alabama took place because the white power structure left the blacks with no other alternative; black people were being mistreated regardless of laws being passed to protect them from such destructions—leaders in power were turning a blind eye on the mistreatments and not honoring the very promises that they made to uphold the law. All these demonstrations and sit-ins were affecting the merchants’ profit thus charging Dr. King with breaking the law—a law worth breaking to free the people from oppression. On the other hand, it is lawful to own registered guns but these registered guns are getting into the wrong hands and many, many lives are lost as a result of registered guns but owners are fighting for their rights to bear arms never the less. Many thinks there are enough evidences to warranty overturning the law and making it illegal to bear arms. If Dr. King got the attention of the nation to overthrow segregation and its negative effects, why do people feel the need to stockpile weapons? Since this is the year for change, perhaps, it’s a good time to change the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms—it has become an “unjust law”—it is no longer relevant to our times of mass murdering of innocent people and children. Happy birthday Dr. Martin Luther King jr. and thank you for showing us how to show love and peace using nonviolent resistance!