: regulation of the selling, owning, and use of guns
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After recovering from the shooting, Giffords has become an advocate for gun control – founding an eponymous organization to advance the cause.—James Powel, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026 More recently, Walz has been frustrated in his efforts to enact new gun control measures following a mass shooting last August at Annunciation School in Minneapolis, which left two children dead and injured dozens.—Steve Karnowski, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026 Relatives also lobbied state and federal lawmakers for stricter gun control laws that never advanced.—Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026 Following that attack, Australia introduced some of the strictest gun control laws in the world.—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gun control