firearm ownership
Having a weapon
Firearm ownership is the legal possession of guns by private citizens.
The phrase appears most often in debates over gun rights and gun control: Firearm ownership rates vary widely by state.
In American discourse, it typically invokes Second Amendment considerations and questions about regulation, registration, and background checks.
- gunProjectile-launching weapon
- rifleLong-barreled shoulder weapon
- pistolCompact one-handed firearm
- Second AmendmentConstitutional gun rights clause
- concealed carryLicensed hidden weapon possession
open carry · locked and loaded · holster · gun safe · ammunition · trigger · license · permit · self-defense · NRA · red flag law · background check · waiting period · hunting · shooting range · safeguard · lockbox · rights
firearm ownershipdisarmament
Reducing or eliminating weapons
gun-free · unarmed · weaponless · weaponlessness · defenselessness
fire, ownership, fires, firing, arms, arming, armament, armaments, disarm