Actually, it's harder or more taxing to actually legally buy a registered firearm in PA than it is to conceal carry one. The one I carry I had bought from my mom and it was a two hour process to get it switched over to my name.
This was taken as everyone was coming back from the trails.... and I was the first one with a beer
(because I had that bitch in the bottom of the lunch cooler and cracked it open about 10 mins before we were done)