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gun-control

gun-control is the alternative spelling of gun control.

Meaning of gun control

Noun

gun control (uncountable)

  1. 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

Questions about gun-control

What is gun-control the alternative spelling of?
Gun-control is the alternative spelling of gun control.

Words near gun-control in the dictionary

  1. gun-barrels
  2. gun-brig
  3. gun-brigs
  4. gun-broke
  5. gun-centric
  6. gun-control
  7. gun-for-hire
  8. gun-fu
  9. gun-happy
  10. gun-howitzer
  11. gun-howitzers

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