 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - King ndiye akanga ari mutauriri mukuru wokurwira kodzero dzevanhu pasina chisimba muCivil Rights Movement, iyo yaipikisa rusaruro rwemarudzi mumutemo wehurumende nehurumende. Mushandirapamwe wokugadza zororo rehurumende rokukudza Mambo wakatanga nokukurumidza pashure pokuurayiwa kwakemuna 1968. Mutungamiriri wenyika Ronald Reagan akasaina mutemo wezororo racho muna 1983, uye rakatanga kucherechedzwa makore matatu gare gare. Pakutanga, dzimwe nyika dzakaramba kuchengeta zororo racho, vachiripa mamwe mazita kana kuti kuribatanidza nemamwe mazororo. Rakacherechedzwa zviri pamutemo mumatunhu ose 50 kokutanga muna 2000. 