I would own many guns if gun laws would not suck where I live. If you want to buy pistol first you have to join some shooting club (I don't live near any), and be active member and take some courses for atleast 2 years.
Then you have to go to the police (you already have to know the exactly what gun you are going to buy and you have to write reasons for owning one ofc self defence or anything like that will auto-disqualify you).
Then you have to get written paper from doctor that says that you are not crazy (most doctors refuse to write these).
After that police will interview you and deside within next month if you get permission to buy one.
If you are lucky enough to get a written permission for that extact gun that you talked about with police, you will go to gun store and get one with those papers.
After you bought the gun you will have to go back to police station with it and they will check it, etc more paper work.
Now you are gun owner, but its illegal to carry guns on you. Guns have to be behind a lock in home or in sealed case in you car when you are going to shootin range.
From now on you have to be able to prove with shooting range receipt that you use your gun actively and only on shooting ranges.
Soon you wont even be able to buy blank shooting guns and air guns without permission from police. GG Finland <_<
(In army every person will get to shoot with fully automatic assault rifle with live rounds within the first 2-3 weeks).
Edit:
I have hunting licence so getting shotgun or hunting rifle would not be that hard, but I don't want to get gun for hunting purposes so that is not going to happen