How to Use gun control in a Sentence

gun control

noun
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  • Some have joined in the fight for stronger gun control measures.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
  • New York has some of the strictest gun control measures in the nation.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The league has pushed for gun control measures since 1990.
    — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Someone has to stand up for gun safety and gun control against the NRA.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
  • Meanwhile, the real problem is—as always—the lack of gun control.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 5 July 2023
  • One day, Mike told her, school leaders let students out of class to protest for more gun control.
    — Reshma Kirpalani, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • Trending News What can Australia teach us about guns and gun control?
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The mention of Wayne and Uvalde, where there had been a recent school shooting, led to a discussion of gun control.
    — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
  • At the state level, hopes for new gun control measures are even bleaker.
    — New York Times, 17 May 2022
  • The Virginia governor has promised to roll back existing gun control laws in the state.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
  • But there are lots of gun control laws, especially in this state.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Since then, the debate around firearms has shifted so much that most Black activists now fight for gun control rather than against it.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The protest called for stricter gun control and a safer environment for students.
    — Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2024
  • As the crowd shared stories and fears about the state of gun culture in the U.S., O'Rourke pledged to pursue aggressive gun control measures.
    — Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 10 May 2024
  • Americans in the Big Apple shared their thoughts on gun control and how the issue would affect their midterm votes.
    — Megan Myers, Fox News, 29 June 2022
  • The bill, the news outlet said, has been endorsed of by a firearms industry group in addition to gun control groups.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 27 Sep. 2024
  • LeBron James is using his platform to speak out about gun control.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • In the weeks after the deadly mass shooting, there have been widespread calls across the country for tighter gun control measures.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 28 June 2022
  • He was given the Valentine by gun control activists two months after the massacre at Sandy Hook.
    — Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post, 3 June 2022
  • Neither of them expected most of the councilmembers to push back at them and mock their opinions on gun control.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022
  • That seems like a positive bit of news for gun control advocates.
    — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The atrocity in Uvalde, Texas, has shifted Congress’s focus to the question of gun control.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 9 June 2022
  • Years later, Mamet would be back with more opinions — against gun control laws and NFL protests of the national anthem.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The altercation took place April 5, a day of walkouts at schools in Uvalde and across the country to protest the lack of legislative action on gun control.
    — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • And what did gun control or gun safety advocates say here?
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 June 2024
  • He's been a strong voice on issues like gun control and reproductive rights.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 22 July 2024
  • Republicans had expelled them for leading a gun control protest on the House floor.
    — Marc Lacey, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Media figures from the left have been pushing for stricter gun control laws or calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment.
    — Fox News, 29 May 2022
  • The other speaks to the middle class, women’s rights, voting rights, sensible gun control and above all, helping the middle class.
    — Tj Hutchinson, The Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Conservative-leaning lower courts struck down the ban, and gun control laws usually fare poorly at the Supreme Court.
    — Sam Baker, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024

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