I think a LOT of folks with old COE's are gonna retroactively buy & sell LOTS of long guns w/o a NICS check. And I don't see direct family members bothering with any paperwork at all, especially in cases of passing-down Grandpa's unregistered arms to the grandkids. Guns with wooden stocks especially! And Finders-Keepers with Pre-'68 guns w/o any serial numbers too.
Fudds are "Fuddy" for a reason! To their benefit, they're cheap & won't put-up with this outrage. The Murphy regime has, IMHO, created a paperless BLACK MARKET for every long gun in NJ since they're not registered to begin with. If you KNOW the person you're buying the long gun from and know they haven't committed a felony with the gun you're buying, well, the writing is on the wall, especially for veterans that won't put up with this BS! I'm not saying it's OK to do this, I can just envision it happening a LOT!
All the NICS wants to know at point of sale is long gun or hand gun.
Where did you get that gun George? I picked it up years ago when I lived in XYZ state Martha. OK, good. Goodnight George. Goodnight Martha.