I think the American people will have pretty much zero appetite for any new gun control for quite a while after all the riots and chaos of the past few months in major cities around the country. A lot of people who never considered owning a firearm have woken up to the fact that the police are not and cannot be everywhere at all times, and that they have no duty to protect you or your family. That’s YOUR duty.
I’m guessing about 95% of those new first-time gun owners were NOT going through the paperwork process and thinking “boy, this really is just way too easy!” The liberal arguments for gun control always relied on people being ignorant about just how long, painful, and expensive the whole process is, particularly in deep blue states.
The people that ran out to the gun stores to arm up as they watched places near their homes burned to the ground by ruthless mobs? Yeah, you aren’t going to convince them to ratchet up the restrictions.