Am I Missing a Grounding Strap For My Gas Tank Sending Unit?

For clean, non-rusty parts, agreed. The factory used a clip on ground strap spanning the rubber hose section from sender pipe to fuel hard line for a reason though. If it wasn't necessary, they would have for sure decided to save a few cents on every car and done away with them.

I get the logic there but I don't really see why it's necessary.