"ground zero" = ?

[Jonathan Lighter]

>From Yahoo! News. The meaning, please:
"Background checks may be ground zero for gun control.
"An expanded background check system may be the one major gun control measure
with a chance of passing through Congress, but its fate seems tenuous at
best."

JL

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