It was never an easy process. In 1977 I bought a 19-3 from Meltzers in Garfield. At the time I was “I&A Police” at a state “ residential hospital” which made it faster but not easier. I didn’t buy another gun until I moved to Florida a few years later. It’s a shame that the part of the country most responsible for the creation of this great nation has the least freedom regarding “2nd Amendment options.” Joe