How to Use gun rights in a Sentence

gun rights

plural noun
  • The court could use the Hawaii case to further broaden gun rights.
    — Alyssa Kapasi, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Hoffman is the only one who did not seek a pardon or sue to regain his gun rights.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Comments that Pretti shouldn't have had his gun with him have rankled gun rights groups.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Minnesota has long allowed pretty wide gun rights.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The group is slowly closing the fundraising and lobbying gap with gun rights groups.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Outside of music, Gilbert has been known for his gun rights advocacy.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The challenge to Hawaii’s law is not the only gun rights case the Supreme Court will hear this term.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Some gun rights groups have pushed back on officials’ comments about Pretti having a gun.
    — Jared Gans, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In 2023, Kirk said at a public event that gun deaths amount to a worthwhile price paid for gun rights.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Trump stated that Pretti should not have brought a gun to a protest, a comment that has drawn criticism from gun rights groups.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The self-defense law was built upon years of similar gun rights legislation.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
  • The killing spurred notable tension with the GOP’s long-standing support for gun rights.
    — Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The case marks one of the first Second Amendment battles in which the justices are set to apply their new gun rights test.
    — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2026
  • In Texas, gun rights and also the oil industry are very important issues to the state and to many people in the state.
    — Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Locally, the reaction from gun rights groups was critical — but more muted.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The actor Mel Gibson got his gun rights reinstated.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The Supreme Court is taking up another gun rights dispute in a case that could lead to more handguns in public places.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Agreeing with the gun rights group that brought the case, Castro said the bill had no discernible overarching theme based on its contents.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The restoration of Gibson's gun rights was a controversial decision in the months leading up to it.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • His death has roiled activists, gun rights groups and lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans.
    — Karen Brooks Harper, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • An attorney representing Hawaii said the issue is one of property rights, not gun rights.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Gonzales trailed in his rematch with gun rights activist Brandon Herrera.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
  • She was fired after opposing a request to restore actor Mel Gibson's gun rights.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • One issue regarding gun ownership and possession deals with the gun rights of 18-to 20-year-olds.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
  • This combination of free speech and gun rights makes the growing problem of political violence much harder to solve.
    — Gregory P. Magarian, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The responses have spurred confusion over the administration’s gun rights stance.
    — Ella Lee, The Hill, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Lower courts have split on the measure, setting the stage for another major ruling on the balance between gun rights and public safety.
    — Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Any challenge to gun rights was immediate heresy, disqualifying in any measure.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The person, who is speaking off camera while handling ammunition, said that people should vote for the gun rights activist for president.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Additionally, the court will hear cases on hot-button issues like gun rights and transgender athletes in women's sports.
    — Matt Galka, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026

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