gun control

noun

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

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Despite a special legislative session on gun control and mental health held in August 2023, Tennessee lawmakers have not passed any meaningful gun reform. Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Kenneth Cole doesn’t see fighting for homelessness, AIDS, LGBTQ communities, women, or gun control, or mental health, as political but a social and moral imperative and a deeper way to engage with the public. Xian Horn, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 One of the affected officials is David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 shooting in Parkland, Florida, and prominent gun control activist; the other is Pennsylvania state representative Malcolm Kenyatta. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025 Here are 20 great free shows, including an insane party with Ginuwine and Aly & AJ sponsored by gun control and artist activism groups and the Rolling Stone Future of Music shows. Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 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 29 Jul. 2025.

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