gun control

noun

: regulation of the selling, owning, and use of guns

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Newsom’s office has maintained that his original resolution includes provisions rendering the call void if a constitutional convention is convened on a topic other than gun control. Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024 Such distancing is troubling to gun control groups that believe manufacturers, designers and users all share accountability for gun violence. Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024 This policy was not implemented federally, and was seen by gun control advocates as not a solution to the problem at hand. Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024 There are several main methods for assembling a ghost gun, a process that gun control advocates say can take less than an hour and costs only a few hundred dollars. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gun control 

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gun control was in 1964

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“Gun control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20control. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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