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gun control

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gun control
n.
Regulation of the sale and use of rifles and handguns.
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Noun1.gun control - efforts to regulate or control sales of guns
regulating, regulation - the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
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who was a loud voice during his four terms in office advocating strict gun control measures, reaped what he sowed when two youths held him at gunpoint in his apartment and robbed him.
Take away guns and then get robbed by The New American
WHEN IT COMES to rancorous debates in which the two sides routinely talk past each other, gun control ranks up there with abortion and the death penalty.
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Kilcannon, who has long been a proponent of gun control laws, now begins the biggest political battle of his life, fighting the gun lobby in court and in the Congress.
Balance of Power by Theiss, Nola / Kliatt
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