Gun control legislation in America is not something unknown to citizens; This is a topic that has been debated for numerous years. The Second Amendment clearly states, “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, and shall not be infringed.” According to Clare Kim, author of the article “A Look Back At Gun Control History,” she explains that over time the interpretation of this statement had no choice but to adapt to the time period, moreover, it also had to adapt to the needs of the country. In the years when America was not yet a country, people were constantly threatened. Their only way to survive was to arm themselves against the very entities that had the potential to kill them, whether enemies from their own lands, such as wild animals or the Native Americans who inhabited that land long before them, or their adversaries from distant and hostile lands. Firearms were their only means of survival; they had no choice but to defend themselves. Many years later, ciz...