gun grabber

noun

A person in favour of gun control who wishes to confiscate the firearms of private citizens.

Meanings

noungun grabber (plural gun grabbers)

plural gun grabbers

  1. derogatoryinformalA person in favour of gun control who wishes to confiscate the firearms of private citizens.

    And once the gun grabbers know who has the guns, then they know where to send the police to confiscate them; just like the Nazis did in 1930s Germany and New York City did with gun bans.

    2018, Mark W. Smith, #Duped: How the Anti-gun Lobby Exploits the Parkland School Shooting—and How Gun Owners Can Fight Back
    1 more example

    Although his adversaries in the gun industry might characterize Ricker as a "gun grabber," or a total abolitionist of gun rights, the portrayal is far from accurate. In fact, he is a gun owner and a hunter.

    2006, Arnold Grossman, One Nation Under Guns: An Essay on an American Epidemic, page 114
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