I refuse to be obtuse or otherwise unable to understand the basics.  Now if you want to believe that they do nothing with that information that's your choice. 

I simply assume that they naturally have and keep the records for such a time when they choose to "legally" use the info they've been compiling for decades. Hence I will continue to refer to it as reg gun owner.  Or a person who completed form 4473 Vs folks who Didn't.  

Doesn't change the original argument which was that I feel every owner should be responsible for his/herself in regards to their possession & ownership.  I hold myself to the same standards. 

If the govt steps in to do it for us then obviously we've demonstrated the inability to do it ourselves as a society. Much in the same way that we got stuck with any other ridiculous law. It was because the majority failed to show competency in doing it for oneself.