anti-gun
adjective
an·ti-gun
ˌan-tē-ˈgən 
ˌan-tī-
: opposed to guns : opposing, prohibiting, or strictly controlling the sale and possession of guns or of certain types of guns
anti-gun legislation
anti-gun activists
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The Planning Commission denied the permit after a heated hearing that brought out dozens of pro- and anti-gun-control activists.
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Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
It's been nearly a year and a half since a man attending his own son's birthday northeast of Denver was gunned down by a former anti-gun violence activist, in what the victim's family calls a senseless act of violence.
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Gabriela Vidal,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Ossoff declined to run for the seat again in 2018, but Lucy McBath, a national spokesperson for the anti-gun violence organization Moms Demand Action, whose seventeen-year- old son Jordan Davis was shot and killed in 2012, decided to run against incumbent Handel.
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Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
Quaritch promises them access to firearms, in flagrant defiance of Pandora’s unwritten anti-gun laws.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
16 Dec. 2025
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Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
It's been nearly a year and a half since a man attending his own son's birthday northeast of Denver was gunned down by a former anti-gun violence activist, in what the victim's family calls a senseless act of violence.
—
Gabriela Vidal,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Ossoff declined to run for the seat again in 2018, but Lucy McBath, a national spokesperson for the anti-gun violence organization Moms Demand Action, whose seventeen-year- old son Jordan Davis was shot and killed in 2012, decided to run against incumbent Handel.
—
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
Quaritch promises them access to firearms, in flagrant defiance of Pandora’s unwritten anti-gun laws.
—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
16 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anti-gun
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“Anti-gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-gun. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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