antihandgun

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

anti- +‎ handgun

Adjective[edit]

antihandgun (not comparable)

  1. Prohibiting or restricting the possession of handguns
    • 1988 July 8, Bryan Miller, “Gun Man”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      [] thanks to an almost entirely unpublicized component of Oak Park's antihandgun ordinance, anyone willing to sign up with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms as a collector and plunk down $30 for a Federal Firearms Owner's License can legally collect and hold virtually any kind of weapon she or he pleases for the next three years.