July 07, 2026 3:22 PM ET Gun Owners of America (GOA) tore into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over a proposed rule targeting retention of firearms sales records. ATF announced the proposed guidelines in a post on X Monday, stating that the agency would no longer retain firearms sales records “indefinitely.” GOA took exception to the proposal in its own X post Monday. (RELATED: Pro-Second Amendment Group, Red State Brawl In Court)“If you bought a gun today, the paperwork wouldn’t be destroyed until July 5th, 2086 under this ATF rule,” GOA posted. “A gun store could keep a record of your gun purchase for 29 years 364 days and go out-of-business. Then ATF would keep the gun record for another 30 years. UNACCEPTABLE.” If you bought a gun today, the paperwork woul