: regulation of the selling, owning, and use of guns
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In the wake of the terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) called for urgent action on gun control and a national reckoning with violent hatred and extremism.—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 3 June 2025 The cases could have significantly expanded Americans’ gun rights and restricted state laws on gun control had the court taken up the disputes and ruled the bans violated the Second Amendment.—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 Gun violence continues to spur heated debate over gun control, though federal responses remain gridlocked.—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025 Reelected in November to a third term, Murphy is in his third new phase as a senator — the first 10 years building a gun control movement, the last two as a broker of bipartisan deals on gun safety and border control.—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gun control
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