Dictionary

gun control en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Laws or policies that restrict the possession, production, or use of firearms by private citizens.
   • Opposing gun control was also consistent with a larger anti-regulation, libertarian, and anti-government conservative agenda. 2012, Jill Lepore, "Battleground America: On Nation, Under the Gun", The New Yorker
   • Gun control activists began campaigning against "assault weapons" in the late 1980s, after they realized that their previous campaign to get handguns banned had failed. 2013, National Rifle Association of America, "Semi-Automatic Firearms and the 'Assault Weapon' Issue Overview", NRA Institute for Legislative Action

Coordinates

knife control · arms control

Relateds

gun rights · pro-gun · pro-control

Translations (7)

cmn 控槍 /控枪 (law or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens) · de Waffenkontrolle (law or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens) · it controllo delle armi (law or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens) · fr contrôle des armes à feu (law or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens) · it stretta sulle armi (law or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens) · pl kontrola broni (law or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens) · fi asevalvonta (law or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens)