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Originally Posted by strelnik
Please check your research.
Date of Origin 14th c.
Register comes via Old French registre from late Latin regestum ‘list’. This was a noun use of the past participle of regerere ‘bring back’, hence ‘set down, record’, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back, again’ and gerere ‘bring, carry’ (source also of English congest, digest, gesture, jester, suggest, etc).
The number of words that have reg- as a part of them changes because until about 1750, no one had any rules in most languages except French and Spanish for spelling. The ones used in English in those days were done by Samuel Johnson and Bishop Hood. The US had no spelling rules until 1820 and used a mix of British and French ones.
Bottom line: your historical reference is flawed. Therefore, so is your ;logic.
I am also concerned about gun ownership, but I am also in agreement on some things.
Own whatever you want that is reasonable. having proof of ownership is good in case of theft.
I own an AK-47 and several other Russian weapons, plus Korean and Chinese ones, plus sniper rifles.
HOWEVER:
I don't want the lunatic down the street to stock pile 500 RPG rounds and a box of 200 grenades in his garage. Nor should he be allowed to own anti-aircraft guns like the ZSU 23-4, even if it is a cool thing.
I don't care if he owns a Barrett Light .50, if he wants it and he's got the money, fine.
Let's quit being stupid and let's quit bringing up the extremes on this debate.
In the meantime, I'm going shooting tomorrow. |
register (n)
late 14c., from M.L. registrum, alteration of L.L. regesta "list, matters recorded," from L. regesta, neuter pl. of regestus, pp. of regerere "to record," lit. "to carry back," from re- "back" + gerere "carry, bear." Some senses influenced by association with L. regere
"to rule." The verb is attested from late 14c., from O.Fr. registrer (13c.). Cash register is from 1875, from earlier meaning "device by which data is automatically recorded" (1830).
control
early 14c., "to check, verify, regulate," from Anglo-Fr. contreroller "exert authority," from M.L. contrarotulus "a counter,
register," from L. contra- "against" (see
contra) + rotulus, dim. of rota "wheel" (see
roll). From a medieval method of checking accounts by a duplicate register. Sense of "dominate, direct" is mid-15c. As a noun from 1580s. Related: Controlled (1580s; of rent, from c.1930); controlling (1520s). Control group in scientific experiments is attested from 1952 (from a sense of control attested since 1875). Control freak is late 1960s slang.
regulate
c.1630, from L.L. regulatus, pp. of regulare "
to control by rule, direct" (5c.), from L. regula "rule" (see
regular). Regulation is first recorded 1672, "act of regulating;" sense of "rule for management" is first attested 1715. Regulator is first recorded 1655; in Eng. history, with a capital R-, "member of a commission appointed in 1687 to manage county elections." In U.S. history, applied to local posses that kept order (or disturbed it) in rural regions c.1767-71. Meaning "clock by which other timepieces are set" is attested from 1758.
gun 'laws' control you BECAUSE YOU CHOOSE TO BE CONTROLLED. on the other hand, hells angels, bloods, crips, outlaws, warlocks, MS13 and others could care less about ink written on a page or what you think about what they should or should not have.
some of the gangs are better equipped than the cops. if so-called gun laws worked, then why are these out law gangs able to pack enough heat to start a war?
I don't think any of them have called you on the phone asking if it would be OK with you if they carry a particular piece of equipment.
I'll say it again: We are Schmucks who enjoy being played.