That is not necessarily a bad thing. It's the way that data is utilized that really determines the experience. I live in PA now. LTC permits take at the most 24 hours. In mine and my wife's case we were approved within 20 minutes. PICS checks are generally very fast.
In PA anyone can go...
Both the Buckmark and the Ruger Mk "XX" are great for Bullseye (and having shot both I personally prefer the Ruger, but only the Mk IV for ease of teardown). For a more "EDC" style of pistol I like my Ruger SR22
I don't know if anyone noticed, but Puddin' Joe has been using the "service entrance" to AF1 a lot more. It enters into the lower level of the plane, so there are less than half the steps there would be if he used the upper entrance.
Old candle wax plus paper egg cartons (cut individual cups apart after they cool) and paper from our shredder makes great fire starters. One of them will also reliably light up a chimney full of charcoal for the smoker/grill.
Use a password manager that can generate strong passwords for you. I have over 600 logins stored in Bitwarden and there is not one duplicate. It took a bit of effort to get there, but I started with my most used sites and then set a goal of changing 10 every morning until they were all done...