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gun control

American  
[guhn kuhn-trohl] / ˈgʌn kənˌtroʊl /

noun

  1. government regulation of the sale and ownership of firearms.


Etymology

Origin of gun control

First recorded in 1960–65


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The same concerns about gun control that perplexed Renaissance rulers remain unresolved in the United States today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Although South Korea has strict gun control laws and private ownership is rare, with firearms typically stored at police stations, authorities will temporarily bar civilians from retrieving them.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

But counterintuitively, there were some conservative Republicans like California Gov. Ronald Reagan who also opted for gun control.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026

Since the shooting, Albanese is leading a state-federal push for stricter gun control, after the older assailant was found to have six licensed guns.

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

We’d tackled gun control, the meaning of intellectual property, the structure of American education, and the future of networked computing.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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