I think you guys are on to something in linking gun control to civil rights.
If you look objectively at the history of gun control in the US you will see a real connection to particular the civil rights events and the passage of new laws.
If you have not watched this you need to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iQPKT9teck
From a strategic stand point exposing the racist nature of the 1968 gun control act and using it to bring in factions from the Black community would be a tremendous benefit to us in this fight for Gun Rights in the US.