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Meaning of "gun lobby" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GUN LOBBY

gun lobby  [ɡʌn ˈlɒbɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUN LOBBY

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Gun lobby is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GUN LOBBY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Overview of gun laws by nation

Gun laws and policy vary considerably around the world. Some countries like South Korea, China, United Kingdom and Germany have strict gun regulations. Other countries like Yemen, Switzerland, Czech Republic, and United States, allow for greater access. Canada and Finland's policies fall in between.

Definition of gun lobby in the English dictionary

The definition of gun lobby in the dictionary is a group of people who argue for the right of members of the public to be able to own guns.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GUN LOBBY


blobby
ˈblɒbɪ
bobby
ˈbɒbɪ
cobby
ˈkɒbɪ
dobby
ˈdɒbɪ
globby
ˈɡlɒbɪ
gobby
ˈɡɒbɪ
hobby
ˈhɒbɪ
hobnobby
ˈhɒbnɒbɪ
jobbie
ˈdʒɒbɪ
knobby
ˈnɒbɪ
lobby
ˈlɒbɪ
mobby
ˈmɒbɪ
nobby
ˈnɒbɪ
slobby
ˈslɒbɪ
snobby
ˈsnɒbɪ
squabby
ˈskwɒbɪ
swabby
ˈswɒbɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GUN LOBBY

gun barrel
gun battle
gun carriage
gun control
gun control laws
gun crew
gun crime
gun culture
gun dog
gun for
gun laws
gun licence
gun moll
gun room
gun turret
gun-shy
gun-toting
gunboat
gunboat diplomacy
guncotton

WORDS THAT END LIKE GUN LOBBY

chubby
crabby
cubby
debby
division lobby
environmental lobby
flabby
gabby
grubby
hubby
Libby
peace lobby
rubby
scabby
shabby
stubby
tabby
tubby
webby
yabby

Synonyms and antonyms of gun lobby in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gun lobby» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GUN LOBBY

Find out the translation of gun lobby to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gun lobby from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gun lobby» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

枪支游说
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lobby de las armas
570 millions of speakers

English

gun lobby
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बंदूक लॉबी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بندقية اللوبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оружейного лобби
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arma do lobby
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্দুক লবি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pistolet hall
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lobi gun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Waffenlobby
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

銃のロビー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

총 로비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gun lobby
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sảnh súng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துப்பாக்கி லாபி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तोफा लॉबी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Silah lobisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gun hall
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gun lobby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

збройового лобі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gun lobby
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όπλο λόμπι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geweer lobby
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gun lobbyn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

våpenlobbyen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gun lobby

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GUN LOBBY»

The term «gun lobby» is regularly used and occupies the 75.338 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GUN LOBBY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gun lobby

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3 QUOTES WITH «GUN LOBBY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gun lobby.
1
Sarah Brady
The gun lobby finds waiting periods inconvenient. You have only to ask my husband how inconvenient he finds his wheelchair from time to time.
2
Mike Quigley
During my time in Washington, I have become increasingly frustrated by the power held by the gun lobby.
3
Steven Weber
The spectacle of insensitivity that is the gun lobby and its outspoken, out-of-their-mind apparatchiks, is the apotheosis of what the Republican Party has allowed itself to become.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUN LOBBY»

Discover the use of gun lobby in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gun lobby and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ricochet: Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist
With each page I can hear the echo of footsteps down the Rayburn Building's marbled halls as Feldman tells the intimate story few know and even fewer survive." —Jack Brooks (D-Tex.), former Chairman, U.S. House Judiciary Committee ...
Richard Feldman, 2011
2
Guns, Gun Control, and Elections: The Politics and Policy of ...
and mandating the study of armor-piercing ammo.72 The NRA hailed the passage of S. 397 as a "MAJOR first step toward ending the anti-gun lobby's reign of extortion through reckless law suits against the firearm industry," a sentiment that ...
Harry L. Wilson, 2007
3
Neal Knox - The Gun Rights War
Editor's Note Neal Knox's trademark greeting was “Good morning, Gun Lobby.” The greeting was part battle cry, and partly a dig at the “Old Guard” NRA leadership who, back in the 1960's and early 1970's, indignantly denied the existence of ...
Chris Knox, Neal Knox, 2009
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THE GUN RIGHTS WAR
Editor's Note Neal Knox's trademark greeting was “Good morning, Gun Lobby.” The greeting was part battle cry, and partly a dig at the “Old Guard” NRA leadership who, back in the 1960's and early 1970's, indignantly denied the existence of ...
Neal Knox
5
The National Rifle Association and the Media: The Motivating ...
Examples of variations of labels applied to the NRA are: Semi-automatic caucus. Lobbyingjuggernaut. Gun lobby. The powerful gun lobby. Eastern lobbyists. Gun organization. Powerful interest group. Radical gun lobby. Single interest.
Brian Anse Patrick, 2013
6
Suing the Gun Industry: A Battle at the Crossroads of Gun ...
These efforts threaten to politicize the judiciary, and they are likely, in the end, to be self-defeating as the gun lobby focuses its superior political power on judicial elections. I have also criticized the gun lobby's largely successful attempts to ...
Timothy Lytton, 2005
7
Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with ...
Opinion polls had long indicated that the overwhelming majority of Australians wanted tough uniform gun laws; yet the issue was usually framed by the media as a tug-of-war between gun control activists and the gun lobby. Australia has a ...
Daniel W. Webster, Jon S. Vernick, 2013
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Congressional Record, V. 146, Pt. 6, May 10, 2000 to May 23, ...
Now, we stopped the war in Vietnam — Democrats, Republicans, Independents, people of every race, color, and creed. We stopped that war. We can stop this war . But I will tell you, it isn't going to be easy. The gun lobby is not going ...
Congress
9
Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, ...
See Gun Magazines Gun LobbyGun lobby” is a vague term referring to interests and interest groups working on behalf of gun rights. Often used to refer only to the National Rifle Association (NRA) in a pejorative fashion, the term may also ...
Gregg Lee Carter, 2012
10
Gun Women: Firearms and Feminism in Contemporary America
Yet the NRA, also non-profit and also a citizens' lobby, was more likely to receive such labels as "powerful gun lobby," "strident lobby for the nation's gun manufacturers," "most feared lobby," "intimidating lobby of weapons peddlers," " the ...
Mary Zeiss Stange, Carol K. Oyster, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUN LOBBY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gun lobby is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Gun Control groups call for safe storage laws after 7-year-old shot
"The gun lobby has had an education program for years, and they say 'Tell your child not to touch the gun.' Well, it's clearly not working.". «The Denver Channel, Jul 15»
2
Chris Christie Courting Gun Voters, Problem? We Can't Trust Him
Just as the media and gun control activists make the mistake of thinking that the National Rifle Association is “the gun lobby,” so too do most ... «AmmoLand Shooting Sports News, Jul 15»
3
The Focus on the Confederate Flag Did Not Detract from Gun Reform
Simply put, racism and sexism motivate some of the gun lobby's worst adherents. Since the days of Heston, the NRA has been overt in its ... «The Trace, Jul 15»
4
Leave your guns at home: Texas burger chain bans 'openly carrying …
Leave your guns at home: Texas burger chain bans 'openly carrying' diners, angering gun lobby. PUBLISHED : Monday, 13 July, 2015, 8:49am. UPDATED ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
5
'There will be blood': NRA rips apart Australia's gun laws
In a recent article published in America's 1st Freedom, the powerful gun lobby group NRA trashes Australia's gun laws, which were introduced ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
6
The Gun-Control Movement Is Borrowing the Marriage-Equality …
“The best thing you can say about the gun lobby,” says Silk, “is that they're really good community organizers.” But watching the incremental, ... «New York Magazine, Jul 15»
7
My Turn: A different approach to curb gun violence
The major reason for the lack of good data is political pressure from the NRA and the pro-gun lobby to block research related to firearms. «Concord Monitor, Jul 15»
8
FBI Director: Dylann Roof Shouldn't Have Been Able To Buy Gun
Gross, whose nonprofit has been at the forefront of lobbying efforts to expand the federal background check system, expressed concerns that the pro-gun lobby ... «BuzzFeed News, Jul 15»
9
Seattle gun tax would be smart step to save lives
In polls, Americans seem ready for remedies, but there is a powerful and persistent gun lobby to overcome. Seattle is aware that any legislation ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
10
The Rise of Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue
Opponents, among them the gun lobby and many Republicans, believe the move is a thinly veiled effort to further restrict gun ownership and to ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Gun lobby [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gun-lobby>. Apr 2024 ».
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