gun control

noun

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

Examples of gun control in a Sentence

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Michigan's red flag laws came to be after a groundswell of support for gun control measures following the November 2021 mass shooting at Oxford High School that killed four and injured seven others. Elle Meyers, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025 As the nation mourns the victims of Australia’s worst mass shooting in almost three decades, authorities have vowed to take tougher action on both gun control and antisemitism. Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025 While antisemitic incidents had been on the rise in Australia, survivors say that an attack of this scale was largely unfathomable, given the stringent gun control laws in Australia. Sara James, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025 Australia already has strict gun control laws, which heavily restricted civilian firearm ownership after a gunman killed 35 people in Tasmania in 1996. Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gun control

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gun control was in 1927

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“Gun control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20control. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.

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