It's all ******** IMO!! Politicians don't give a damn about actual 'gun control', they know it's an impossibility.
There's a huge sub-culture out there handling the procurement, movement and sale of illegal firearms that remains completely untouched by any ******** gun control legislation.
The real purpose of the legislation is simply to generate revenue...application fees, transfer fees, renewal fees, purchase permit fees, fees, fees, fees! It's just another gummint money game.
And a vehicle for keeping tabs on the honest gun owning folks so they can find them when the time comes to take their weapons away!