I must honestly say, in my humble opinion, that the current process is SO much easier than the old restricted weapon registration system.
Less leg work that's for sure..
I remember buying pistols in the 80's it was..
Go buy pistol.
Go to your local police firearms officer with the bill of sale and get an ATT or rather "conveyance permt"
Go back to where you pistol was purchased and p/u said pistol.
Then take said pistol back to the Firearms officer for "verification" and a "look-see"
Then after that an ATT/permit would be issued to take the gun home...
I bought a pistol at leBarons on Young st.... Between driving back and forth between the store PRP HQ and my home it took the better part of my day to get it all done.
Nowadays... Pick up the phone. pay with Visa and a few days later a gun shows up in my mailbox....