gun control

noun

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

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Hogg became a gun control activist and co-founder of March for Our Lives after the 2018 shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Feb. 2025 The High Court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, has issued a raft of rulings in recent years rolling back federal gun control measures and expanding the rights of gun advocacy groups. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 Republican lawmakers have repeatedly resisted calls for gun control, even as a movement grew out of The Covenant School shooting, which killed six in 2023. Adam Tamburin, Axios, 28 Jan. 2025 The tragedy prompted a monthslong effort among hundreds of community organizers, families, protesters and others pleading with lawmakers to consider passing gun control measures. Kristin M. Hall, TIME, 23 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 21 Feb. 2025.

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