How to Use gun control in a Sentence

gun control

noun
  • Democrats push for stricter gun control.
    — For The Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Some have joined in the fight for stronger gun control measures.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
  • A lot of people want to talk gun control, which is a very valid debate.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The country has some of the world's strictest gun control measures.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The country has some of the world's strictest gun control measures.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The gun control bills have moved in the Senate, but haven’t gone up for a floor vote yet.
    — Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The high court has not issued a major opinion on gun control in more than a decade.
    — The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 14 July 2021
  • New York has some of the strictest gun control measures in the nation.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Trying to add more mental health support-- more-- gun control.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • On gun control, nothing is likely to change — now or in the near future.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2025
  • For the most part that discussion has been largely about gun control.
    — Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • But there are lots of gun control laws, especially in this state.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2022
  • At the state level, hopes for new gun control measures are even bleaker.
    — New York Times, 17 May 2022
  • The shooting gave rise to national calls for stricter gun control laws.
    — Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • School shootings are rare in Canada, which has strict gun control laws.
    — Jim Morris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Harris has been a staunch advocate of stricter gun control laws.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • Japan has strict gun control laws and has lower murder rates than most other countries in the world.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Read more Colorado Democrats are ready to pass a sweeping gun control bill.
    — The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
  • So, yes, this ought to be among the policy arguments for greater gun control.
    — Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 3 Apr. 2021
  • On the issue of gun control, the divide has long been partisan.
    — Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2020
  • The protest called for stricter gun control and a safer environment for students.
    — Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the real problem is—as always—the lack of gun control.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 5 July 2023
  • In the years since, gun control has continued to be a flash point, but there have been moves in the right direction.
    — Kamye Hugley, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The shooting was a rare instance of gun violence in a country with strict gun control laws.
    — Jared Gans, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Gray cites a study from 2021 in which researchers argued with strangers about gun control.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • But the fate of a major gun control bill remained murky in the evening, with debate still underway.
    — The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Someone has to stand up for gun safety and gun control against the NRA.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
  • LeBron James is using his platform to speak out about gun control.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Trending News What can Australia teach us about guns and gun control?
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2023

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