It's looking better, as the laws are slowly changing, each state currently has different laws and processes,
it used to take up to a year to be approved and cost $200 for the tax stamp,this is slowly being standardized & simplified
plus you normally needed to be finger printed & photographed and cleared by the local legal authorities (thats not free)
some (just a few) states outright denied you any access to buying or owning one legally( a few states added absurd fees or ownership restrictions in addition)
currently the $200 tax is still enforced but that tax stamp restriction, should be removed either very shortly or on jan 1 of 2026, if the law remains as current, but they are pushing for all that legal B.S. to be removed,(several states are fighting to retain restrictions, but it looks like they are slowly loosing grounds ,the obvious goal is so you can buy a suppressor with only the same style form as buying any handgun.
things should have improved by jan 2026 under the current process, and if we win a couple current cases things may improve a great deal.
the real issue is that some politicians and lawyers make more money and have more power under the current system,
and they (the anti-gun groups) constantly fight to reduce your rights and lawyers and some politicians increase their profits and retain power through restrictions and added taxes
you should never be forced to pay to exorcise a right listed in the constitution,(remember POLL TAXES TO VOTE") just a financial burden to prevent people from exercising rights