Martin Luther King had complicated legacy on gun violence

(AP) – 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 rural South, King often stood in proximity of guns — wielded by local police, state troopers or hostile people in the crowds.
On April 4, 1968, King became one of America’s most famous victims of gun violence.
Just as guns were a complicated issue for King in his lifetime, they lo