gun controln.

Brit.

/ˈɡʌn kənˌtrəʊl/, U.S.

/ˈɡən kənˌtroʊl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gun n., control n.

Etymology: < gun n. + control n.

1. The control and handling of a firearm; a mechanism that controls the firing of a gun.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > other specific parts

touch plate1508

maniglion1704

gun-lock screw1731

match pipe1740

quoin of mire1797

bricole1809

tumbler-screw1843

training wheel1875

hand1880

side lever1892

gun-lock spring1894

gun control1909

magazine well1948

1909 Daily 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.

1945 C. 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.

1963 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. A. 126 255 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.

1993 Rev. 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. Originally 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).

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1964 Sat. Evening Post 1 Feb. 12/1 In framing gun-control laws we must think carefully about the constitutional aspects.

1968 Listener 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.

1981 Amer. 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.

1998 Daily Post (Liverpool) 25 Apr. (Wales ed.) (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.

2001 Brill'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.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	gun control
释义	gun controln. Brit. /ˈɡʌn kənˌtrəʊl/, U.S. /ˈɡən kənˌtroʊl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gun n., control n. Etymology: < gun n. + control n. 1. The control and handling of a firearm; a mechanism that controls the firing of a gun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > other specific parts touch plate1508 maniglion1704 gun-lock screw1731 match pipe1740 quoin of mire1797 bricole1809 tumbler-screw1843 training wheel1875 hand1880 side lever1892 gun-lock spring1894 gun control1909 magazine well1948 1909 Daily 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. 1945 C. 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. 1963 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. A. 126 255 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. 1993 Rev. 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. Originally 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). ΚΠ 1964 Sat. Evening Post 1 Feb. 12/1 In framing gun-control laws we must think carefully about the constitutional aspects. 1968 Listener 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. 1981 Amer. 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. 1998 Daily Post (Liverpool) 25 Apr. (Wales ed.) (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. 2001 Brill'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. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1909
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