gunmaker

American  

[guhn-mey-ker] / ˈgʌnˌmeɪ kər /

noun

1. a person or company that makes guns. gun.

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Other Word Forms

• gunmaking noun

Etymology

Origin of gunmaker

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; gun ¹, maker

Example Sentences

Now he’s filing a lawsuit against the gunmaker Daniel Defense, the video game company Activision, and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, on behalf of families in Uvalde.

From Slate

The lawsuit includes the gunmaker, Meta, and Activision, the company behind Call of Duty.

From Slate

The Protection of Lawful Commerce and Arms Act has a few exceptions: If a gunmaker sells a defective product, for example, then then they can be sued; if a gunmaker breaches a contract, they can be sued.

From Slate

Basically what that means is that if you’re going to sue a gunmaker, you have to sue them saying that you were harmed because they violated a law that’s specifically related to the sale or marketing of firearms.

From Slate

And so what the Sandy Hook parents did was they sued, saying that they were harmed by the gunmaker’s violation of an unfair trade practices law in Connecticut.

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