Would you be honest in an unsolicited gun-related phone survey?

[Sergeant Sabre]

I'd never tell some stranger over the phone about my weapons. It could very well be a prospective thief calling around the neighborhood to "survey" who has firearms to steal.

 

[38SnubFan]

My cell phone has caller ID, and any phone numbers I don't recognize get transferred to voice mail. My ringers on my home phones stay turned off (since I really only use the home phone for Internet access anyway), and ALL calls to that number go through voice mail.

But for the record, if a surveyor was lucky enough to hear the presence of my voice before asking such a question, it would be responded to by a simple "click". That is private information, and with the way society is these days, I wouldn't trust that someone wasn't casing me or my home.

-38

 

[c_yeager]

Based on the responses from this thread and my own feelings (which mirror those pretty well) I have to REALLY wonder just how many gun owners there really are in America. The numbers are pretty big as they are but, those are based on the sort of surveys that MANY gun-owners won't participate in. Imagine for every person that says "yeah, I own guns" how many people just say "no, now go away" (which is probly what i would say).

 

[Guns_and_Labs]

On the one hand, I like my privacy, on the other hand, I'd hate for a pollster to state that 100% of those surveyed "have no guns", etc. So, for the same reason that I write letters to the editor and speak publicly, I'd try to make my way through the survey balancing privacy with advocacy.

 

[Missouri Mule]

I have been know to ask the poller for like personal info from them, ie. sex age , marital status social security number, household income, etc..

When that individual indicates that is personal information and i have nor right to ask for it. To which I reply "EXACTLY" my point, next comes the click and a buzzzzzzzzzzz!

Unsolicited pollers NEVER get truthful answers from me and never any type of personal info. :banghead: