gun control

noun

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

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Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, ranks Tennessee 29th in the country for its strength of gun safety laws. Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025 In 2022, Congress passed the most significant gun control legislation in decades, with Republican support. Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025 States advocating for gun control have enacted stricter regulations on firearm possession and carrying, aiming to mitigate gun violence to some extent. John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025 The multipronged approach could be the only way to affect real change on school shootings under a unified GOP government that is unlikely to make any substantial moves on gun control. Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 12 Jan. 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 30 Jan. 2025.

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