gun control

noun

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

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Booker's marathon speech earlier eclipsed lengthy speeches delivered in recent years, including 21-hour filibuster by Sen. Ted Cruz in 2013 on Obamacare, and a 15-hour filibuster by Murphy on gun control. Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2025 Officials and gun control groups have previously said that the regulation had done little to stop the sale of key parts used to make ghost guns, in part because the rule was created through executive action, rather than a statute validated by Congress. Annie Karni, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025 That’s why San Francisco’s ultra-leftist Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener wants the Legislature this year to revoke its approval of a resolution calling for a convention to deal with gun control. Thomas D. Elias, Orange County Register, 21 Mar. 2025 Leving Jacobson is a leader of the local Moms Demand Action gun control group. Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gun control

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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 22 Apr. 2025.

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