Something tells me taking away law-abiding Americans Second Amendment rights is not what MLK had in mind when he delivered his “I have a dream” speech.

WaPo:

A coalition of African American faith leaders is invoking the words of Martin Luther King Jr. as it tries to revive the debate over the nation’s gun laws and calls on Congress to toughen background checks for firearms purchases.

In an open letter timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary celebration of the March on Washington, leaders of predominantly black congregations across the country wrote that they have an obligation to future generations to “sound the clarion call to end gun violence in our communities.”

“On this national anniversary, we must not only herald the progress we have made as a country, but we must take stock of the detrimental decisions and policies of indifference that turn a blind eye to the alarming magnitude of lives cut short too soon,” the clergy members wrote in the letter.

They added, “As faith leaders, we write this open letter to, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ‘dramatize a shameful condition’ — the injustice of rampant gun violence in our communities and the staggering availability of guns to dangerous individuals.”

The leaders urged Congress to pass a law requiring background checks for all gun purchases, including private sales. They wrote that gun violence afflicts African Americans disproportionately, noting that nearly 60,000 black children and teens have been killed by guns in the five decades since King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.