gun control
noun1
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
- Related terms
- pro-control, gun rights, pro-gun
- Coordinate terms
- arms control, knife control