One other thought, why are small firearms even being questioned? The M.O. of terrorist as a major threat to our security are not found in the inventories of local gun shops. A more reasonable or honest question is. What national security threat does small center firearms really represent. I say none!
I fear a terrorist with a nuke or chemicals coming across are un-fenced southern border more than a handfull running around with a few hunting rifles.
If our intelligence gathering efforts are limited to glaring red flags, then we're going to miss too many links and we will not be able to put things together in time to stop terrorists.
The part of the bill that the GOA is mentioning isn't specifically about firearms sales records, it's about any kind of sales records related to an investigation of terrorist activity by foreign nationals or people deemed to be agents fo a foreign power.
The only place that firearms are mentioned is in the section requiring the additional protection of requiring the Director's approval for seeking some forms of sales records congress felt needed additional oversight.
The bill recognizes the need for protections of our rights to bear arms and privacy in our selection of books, and places additional approval on seeking such records.
However, that's hardly what the GOA would lead you to believe.
Not only that, but why, pray tell, was the transaction of a terrorist approved in the first place? Hmmm?