gun control vs regulation

gun control and regulation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gun control	Yes	No	No	No
regulation	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, regulation is a hypernym of gun control; that is, regulation is a word with a broader meaning than gun control:

Other hypernyms of gun control include regulating.

gun control (noun)	regulation (noun)
efforts to regulate or control sales of guns	the act of controlling or directing according to rule
	the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
	a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
	an authoritative command
	(embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
	the state of being controlled or governed

gun control (adjective)	regulation (adjective)
	prescribed by or according to regulation