Meanings
noungun control (uncountable)
- uncountableLaws 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 Yorker1 more example
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
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 控槍 /控枪
- 控槍 /控枪 (kòngqiāng)law or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens
Finnish asevalvonta
- asevalvontalaw or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens
French contrôle des armes à feu
- contrôle des armes à feulaw or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens
German Waffenkontrolle
- Waffenkontrollelaw or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens
Italian controllo delle armi, stretta sulle armi
- controllo delle armilaw or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens
- stretta sulle armilaw or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens
Polish kontrola broni
- kontrola bronilaw or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens
Swahili udhibiti wa bunduki
- udhibiti wa bundukilaw or policy restricting or limiting the possession of firearms by private citizens
Cite this entry
APA
gun control. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gun%20control
MLA
“gun control.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gun%20control. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gun control,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gun%20control.
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