People think it's so bad now .
They obviously weren't around in the FAC days.
If you bought a firearm back then from a non local dealer you had to mail them your actual FAC and wait for them to send it back with your purchase .
If you bought a restricted you had to go to your local police station with a bill of sale .
They would fill out an application to register and give you a temp permit to bring the restricted to the police station to verify make model & ser # .
The gun would stay at the police station until you received the registration in the mail weeks later .