Synonyms for gun control
gun con·trol

Princeton's WordNet

1. gun controlnoun

   efforts to regulate or control sales of guns

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1. Erin Perrine:

   Governor DeSantis is a proven champion of our Constitutional right to bear arms and took action as governor to strengthen and affirm the Second Amendment, including signing constitutional carry legislation into law this month, donald Trump made promises to NRA members when he ran for office, but then as president, he caved to pressure from the Washington establishment, liberal media, and gun-grabbing Democrats and attacked the NRA, siding with liberal Democrat Senators like Chris Murphy and Dianne Feinstein in support of their gun control legislation.

2. Randy Weber:

   Gun control is an interesting term when you think about it. There's been a lot of weapons used to kill a lot of people, you're hearing the term mental illness. ... We are having problems where people are deciding they're going to take somebody else's life, things are either that bad or they're that angry. And so how do we address that problem -- needs to be part of that discussion as well.

3. Van Cleave:

   Northam is sending two other proposals back to state lawmakers with recommended changes. One would allow local authorities to regulate firearms at certain buildings and events, and the other would ban those subject to protective orders from possessing firearms and require them to turn over firearms within 24 hours, according to the newspaper. The measures come as the Democratic-led General Assembly has taken efforts to enact a slew of gun control measures following a mass shooting in Virginia Beach last year. Republicanstate lawmakers have pushed back. In July, they ended a special session called by Northam to take up gun control measures in 90 minutes.The gun lobby was able to water down some of the bills backed by the governor. While we still dont like them, theyre not as bad as they once were.

4. Franklin Zimring:

   It's a politically sophisticated way to change the nature of the debate, the point is not to increase the percentage of support, but to increase the intensity of support. It's not to make more people support gun control. It's to make them care about it.

5. Toni Wellen:

   I think that it is a method that the NRA uses because they want to push gun sales, the concept that is being sold is that you ’d better get your gun or they’re coming to take your gun away. Gun violence prevention is about gun violence prevention, not about gun control. No-ones taking away people’s guns.