gun control

noun

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

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Texas is ranked as 32nd in the country for its gun laws by Everytown for Gun Safety, due to its lack of gun control measures. Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025 But since the court clarified that test in a case last term, the justices have declined to return to the Second Amendment by declining to take up a series of appeals implicating gun control measures. Ella Lee, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025 Everytown has for years spent money on down-ballot efforts to elect Democratic candidates for state legislatures, particularly in places where gun control measures had a chance of being enacted and where smaller sums of money could have an influence on races. Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 Murphy led Democrats in a push for gun control legislation that lasted 15 hours after the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 1 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 Apr. 2025.

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