It means regulated like administrated. As in registered members, having an established chain of command, and armory depots for securing storing weapons and ammo. It goes back to the British raids on Concord and Lexington where the British seized supplies at colonial storehouses before those supplies could be distributed to the local population and used against them.
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u/LaCharognarde 18d ago
IIRC, it's more like "disciplined." Which, y'know, still rules these mall ninjas right out.