Jack, all depends on your local laws. I have bought many guns over the years without any paper trail, because I bought them from private individuals.
You can own an original artillery luger, with a stock and it is legal, without any paperwork.
Everything depends on how you buy a gun and on your state laws.
In Hawaii, to be legal, I had to register my guns, all other states I was in required NO registration. I do not know Vermont laws, but where I have lived; in Alabama, Louisianna, Washington and Montana, private sales required no paperwork.
You have lived most of your life under restrictive gun laws, many states do not have these requirements.
Ed
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