Why does PA report these sales to NJ now? As soon as I can get the money I'm going to buy a good .45 caliber pistol and then find the time to get a conceal carry permit. I don't believe in the idea of making people get a permit just to carry, but might as well do it to cover my own arse.
I prefer a 9mm since the .45 is too much gun for me.
Apparently there was some kind of a data-sharing agreement between NJ and neighboring states to report long gun sales to NJ residents back to NJ. Why PA agreed, I have no idea. NY and Delaware were and are hopeless in this regard.
I got a lower for a Bushie AR from an FFL friend in NY state about 1 week before the deadline because I couldn't get the entire rifle that I wanted then. I had 1/2 of a rifle for a couple of years, but got the Bushie upper shortly after the Beltway "sniper" incident (just to have an "evil Bushmaster assault rifle." The thing shoots very well, usually into about 3/4 inch with reloads at 100 yards if I do my part. I enjoy shooting 5.56 mm holes into NJ quarters, for some strange reason. :>)