Gun control

Gun control

Efforts to restrict or limit the possession, sale, and use of guns (handguns and long guns) by private citizens.

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arsenal

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An establishment where firearms and ammunition are stored, maintained, or manufactured.

waiting period

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A legally mandated delay between the purchase of a firearm and its delivery to the customer enforced in some jurisdictions. Waiting periods are believed to prevent "crimes of passion" since the ...

National Rifle Association (NRA)

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The National Rifle Association (NRA) is an American organization that advocates for protection of the Second Amendment of the United States Bill of Rights, and promotion of gun ownership, ...

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. ...

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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 petition was signed by more ...