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gun control, n.
Brit. |ˈgʌn kənˌtrəʊl|, U.S. |ˈgən kənˌtroʊl|
[‹ gun n. + control n.]
1. The control and handling of a firearm; a mechanism that controls the firing of a gun.
1909Daily Chron. 23 Feb. 1/5 The extraordinary skill that has been displayed in providing for gun-control, [etc.].., all these place the Vanguard far ahead of other non-Dreadnought ships afloat. 1945C. E. Balleisen Princ. Firearms iv. 33 In this case, the trigger usually acts as the gun control, and the gun will stop firing when the trigger is released. 1963Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. (A.) 126255 Process control is a special application of control theory, a statistical technique which received a tremendous impetus from applications in wartime to prediction and gun control problems. 1993Rev. in Amer. Hist. 21 512 This hardly dissuaded the engineer from pursuing, often simultaneously, a remarkable assortment of engineering endeavors including radio facsimile.., electric gun control systems, DC power transmission, electronics.
2. orig. and chiefly U.S. The statutory regulation of the licensing and use of firearms; an instance or aspect of this. (Now the usual sense.)
Although there was a movement in the United States in the 1930s to regulate firearms, we have found no evidence that the term gun control was used. The use of the phrase became widespread in the aftermath of the assassination of President Kennedy (22 November 1963).
1964Sat. Evening Post 1 Feb. 12/1 In framing gun-control laws we must think carefully about the constitutional aspects. 1968Listener 20 June 792/3 President Johnson goes on..pleading with the Congress to enact a gun-control law that really controls the ownership and use of firearms. 1981Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 75 248/2 One further wonders how Sweden's progressive policies on such topics as social welfare, abortion, gun control, and taxation ever came to be. 1998Daily Post (Wales ed.) 25 Apr. (TV Wales Suppl.) 2/4 The first series, which was commended by the Independent Television Commission, handled such hot potatoes as wind farms, smoking and gun controls. 2001Brill's Content Feb. 159/1 The rest of its politics are syncretic and postpartisan. He's pro-choice yet also pro-death-penalty; he adamantly opposes the war on drugs, yet advocates gun control. |