Gun control

Gun control

Government regulations that restrict the manufacture, sale, ownership, and possession of firearms by members of the public. Gun control has been made controversial by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which declares that "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Government
Category: Gun control
Company:
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

gun control

Government; Gun control

Government regulations that restrict the manufacture, sale, ownership, and possession of firearms by members of the public. Gun control has been made controversial by the Second ...

immediately address the issue of gun control

Government; Gun control

A gun control petition introduced in the wake of the Newtown mass shootings in Connecticut on December 14, 2012 in which 20 children were massacred on a school campus. The ...

control

Automotive; Automobile

(1) A device or mechanism for adjusting a component. See cruise control. (2) The ability of the driver to make a vehicle perform as required. (3) To regulate.

control

Accounting; Auditing

A policy or procedure that is part of internal control.

control

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

In the scientific method, a situation in which a comparison can be made between a specific situation and a second situation that differs, ideally, in only one aspect from the ...

control

Education; SAT vocabulary

To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.

anti-gun philosophy

Government; Gun control

A believe that firearm should only be possessed and used by the police or military, or at least very tightly controlled, as to the type, number, and caliber that may be possessed ...

accidental discharge (AD)

Government; Gun control

An unexpected and undesirable discharge of a firearm caused by circumstances beyond the control of the person operating it such as a mechanical failure or parts breakage.

action shooting

Government; Gun control

A shooting sport in which the competitors attempt to hit a number of small clay or metallic targets of various shapes in the shortest possible time using a pistol drawn from a ...

black powder

Government; Gun control

A explosion powder used in ammunition as the bursting charge to propel projectiles with firearms. Black powder is made from mixing charcoal, sulfur, and potassium nitrate. Black ...

gunpowder

Government; Gun control

A explosion powder used in ammunition as the bursting charge to propel projectiles with firearms. Black powder is made from mixing charcoal, sulfur, and potassium nitrate. Black ...

blank ammunition

Government; Gun control

A type of ammunition that contains gunpowder without a solid projectile that is used to simulate gun fire. While a blank cartridge contains no projectile the blast and associated ...

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L

0
Terms
0
Blossaries
1
Followers

Industry/Domain: Travel Category: Travel sites

Hallstatt

Situated in the south-western shore of the Hallstätter See, Hallstatt is a scenic village with its mountain-hugging chalets, elegant church spires and ...