How to Use anti-gun in a Sentence

anti-gun

adjective
  • On Friday, anti-gun groups hailed the verdict as a long overdue reproach.
    Kate Christobek, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Other anti-gun measures are to include stricter controls of gun owners and shooting ranges.
    Jovana Gec, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2023
  • An anti-gun zealot, Vullo tried to use that power to pressure insurers that partnered with the NRA to sell insurance to its members.
    The Editors, National Review, 3 June 2024
  • Gun safety was the topic of a recent rally at the Statehouse held by members of the anti-gun violence group Moms Demand Action.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2023
  • As part of the campaigns, the group organizes anti-gun violence vigils, forums and other events.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • On average, one person is killed with a gun every six hours in Illinois, according to the anti-gun violence group One Aim.
    USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Here’s the twist: The third lawmaker who attended the same anti-gun violence protest survived her expulsion vote.
    Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Holzer has created public signage and projections for anti-gun, anti-violence and get-out-the-vote drives since the mid 1980s.
    Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • MullenLowe, a marketing firm he’s worked with through his anti-gun violence organization Change the Ref, pitched him on the idea.
    Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • After the Uvalde school shooting in 2022, President Biden approved a sweeping and bipartisan anti-gun-violence bill.
    Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Kelly cofounded a radical gun-control group promoting anti-gun liberals across the country, making Arizona less safe.
    ABC News, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Harris said the administration will continue to fight for issues impacting communities of color, from reproductive rights to anti-gun and civil rights legislation.
    Nikole Killion, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The panel reportedly discussed effective community intervention strategies as well as gun violence in Quavo’s native Georgia and the power of art and culture in anti-gun violence advocacy.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Ball and Friedman’s ambitious storytelling is a bit overstuffed, offering a plethora of different issues with which to tangle: anti-gun messaging, religious metaphors, questions about our relationship to technology, individual rights.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
  • Hundreds flocked to the Church of the Messiah for its 17th annual Silence the Violence event, one of the largest anti-gun violence marches in the country.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2024

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