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.