How to Use gun control in a Sentence

gun control

noun

• Some have joined in the fight for stronger gun control measures.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
• Meanwhile, the real problem is—as always—the lack of gun control.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 5 July 2023
• Trending News What can Australia teach us about guns and gun control?
  — David Morgan, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2023
• The mention of Wayne and Uvalde, where there had been a recent school shooting, led to a discussion of gun control.
  — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
• The Virginia governor has promised to roll back existing gun control laws in the state.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
• But there are lots of gun control laws, especially in this state.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2022
• Since then, the debate around firearms has shifted so much that most Black activists now fight for gun control rather than against it.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
• LeBron James is using his platform to speak out about gun control.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
• That seems like a positive bit of news for gun control advocates.
  — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2023
• The altercation took place April 5, a day of walkouts at schools in Uvalde and across the country to protest the lack of legislative action on gun control.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Apr. 2023
• Republicans had expelled them for leading a gun control protest on the House floor.
  — Marc Lacey, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• Some recent attempts by gun control advocates to tighten the state’s gun laws have failed.
  — David Sharp, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2023
• This is also a slippery slope, gun control advocates say: peace through strength of force – a private arms race.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
• The goal, Frost said, is not to take away guns from lawful owners, but to implement common sense gun control policies to save lives.
  — Emma Tucker, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
• The House voted Thursday afternoon to force out Justin Jones, one of three lawmakers who spoke about gun control.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, wsj.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• In the video, Schiff, a California Democrat, speaks about worsening gun violence in the country and the need for gun control.
  — Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 1 July 2023
• Joining Prozanski in support of both gun control bills were Sens.
  — oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2023
• The nation’s highest court, though, has made landmark decisions throughout the years that have been a blow to gun control advocates.
  — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
• The shooting renewed calls from teachers’ unions and gun control groups for tougher laws to keep guns out of schools, including laws requiring safe storage.
  — Tim Arango, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2023
• The case was closely watched on appeal, with both the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety and Rosenblum joining the case and seeking to overturn the ordinance.
  — oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2023
• The court, in a 6-3 ruling, raised the bar for gun control by affirming that law-abiding Americans can carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense.
  — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2023
• The campaign this week rolled out endorsements from a coalition of gun control advocacy groups.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
• This allowed lawmakers to push through one of the most progressive agendas in the country, which included gun control.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 31 July 2023
• After the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, gun control advocates have pushed to raise the age to purchase an AR-15-style rifle.
  — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
• Busch leaves the politicization of mass shootings, and advocating for gun control and assault weapons bans, to others.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
• The party filed legislation for stricter gun control, but the bills made little movement in the legislature.
  — Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2024
• The tiniest bit of legislative progress on gun control took three decades and occurred after a long list of mass shootings including Sandy Hook, Parkland and Uvalde.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
• One of @femalcopywriter’s tweets with the most engagement mocked the belief that pro bono ads advocating for stricter gun control can have any effect on gun violence.
  — Patrick Coffee, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2023
• Mack went on to compile the names of nearly 500 sheriffs who rejected gun control measures and encouraged others to join them.
  — USA Today, 3 Nov. 2022
• Gun control The deadly mass shooting perpetrated by a suspect in Maine this week hasn't changed Johnson's mind on gun control.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024