originally a gun-registration law enacted in New York in 1911 requiring owners of handguns to be registered and licensed. Since then the term has become a synonym for "gunregistration" in the United States. —How to Present Scientology to the World Part I I Glossary. (Note: "the United States" substituted for "in this country" as definition earlier read.) (Deterioration of Liberty Glossary) Final approval 17.9.89