It's a bizarre to see how many people are upset when gun laws even hint at some regulation, but being spied on and loss of privacy is not even close to being an issue for them. Isn't encroachment on personal lives a threat many times worse?
I don't think this is true at all, at least in my experience. The gun owners I know are against more gun laws (we already have 20,000 federal ones as it is) and VERY against a loss of privacy. They tie the two together often as examples of government over-reach. In fact, many are against gun registrations because it is a loss of privacy.
I think that privacy is definitely an issue for them, and they most certainly view losing it as a threat.