gun control

noun

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

Examples of gun control in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Umut Vakfi, a foundation campaigning for gun control, says incidents of armed violence have reached alarming levels, reporting more than 2,700 last year in the country of 86 million people. — ABC News, 10 July 2026

The filmmakers intentionally avoid discussion of gun control. — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

At least 28 states, including California and Indiana, have prohibited the ownership and use of Glock switches in specific laws, according to a count by Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit gun control organization. — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 1 July 2026

In the immediate fallout of the mass shooting, Australia’s political discourse was dominated by two topics, gun control and antisemitism, with some casting the issues in oppositional terms. — Oscar Schwartz, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gun control

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