gun control

noun

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

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Charleston church shooting survivors demand gun control There are also scholarships, foundations and memorial gardens named in their honor. Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 17 June 2025 Topline The Supreme Court ended Mexico's ongoing lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers, ruling Thursday the country can't legally sue the firearm companies and dealing a blow to gun control advocates who argue the lawsuit is necessary to hold manufacturers accountable for gun violence. Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 In February, Hogg, a gun control activist, became one of three vice chairs of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025 However, just a little over a mile from FSU, the Florida legislature has been considering the removal of a gun control law passed after the 2018 massacre in Parkland in which 17 people were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2025 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 25 Jun. 2025.

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