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There should be a category for "bubblegum off!"(For firearm owners only.)
If randomly contacted for a survey, and for those that would agree to participate, how many people would answer truthfully about firearm ownership?
I guess within my limited frame of reference I have the tendency to think that many would not.
Within my own extended family culture, I know none would. Although it's not a question I ask friends and associates who I know own firearms, it has come up in passing on occasion with a few. The majority indicated they would not either.
With such a small sample size though it peaked my curiosity if my friends and family are more the norm, or the exception.
When seeing polls and such about the percentage of households in the U.S. that own firearms I always find myself wondering how accurate are they if there is a significant percentage surveyed that elect not to answer truthfully when asked.
What say you!? Any particular reasoning why you would or would not answer truthfully?
Mine is simple enough. They are a random stranger. I have no idea what their motives are in asking. It's None-OTFB!
*Anonymous poll
Confused here...I don't talk (online or otherwise) about guns to random strangers.
California can resume sharing gun buyers’ data with experts in key ruling
Appellate panel says justice department can resume handing over names, addresses, jobs and type of firearm purchasedwww.theguardian.com
Yes, this plus all the 4474's, state handgun forms, and many other such that you've filled out over the years. Ever serve in the US military? Go to the VA? Better believe you're already on "lists."NWFA is a public forum....so anyone with a computer , phone , what have you....can visit and read posts...
Yes I have served...and no I ain't worried 'bout being on a list.Yes, this plus all the 4474's, state handgun forms, and many other such that you've filled out over the years. Ever serve in the US military? Go to the VA? Better believe you're already on "lists."
The correct answer is: "Hang up"(For firearm owners only.)
If randomly contacted for a survey, and for those that would agree to participate, how many people would answer truthfully about firearm ownership?
I guess within my limited frame of reference I have the tendency to think that many would not.
Within my own extended family culture, I know none would. Although it's not a question I ask friends and associates who I know own firearms, it has come up in passing on occasion with a few. The majority indicated they would not either.
With such a small sample size though it peaked my curiosity if my friends and family are more the norm, or the exception.
When seeing polls and such about the percentage of households in the U.S. that own firearms I always find myself wondering how accurate are they if there is a significant percentage surveyed that elect not to answer truthfully when asked.
What say you!? Any particular reasoning why you would or would not answer truthfully?
Mine is simple enough. They are a random stranger. I have no idea what their motives are in asking. It's None-OTFB!
*Anonymous poll
Yes - true.Confused here...
You post on a firearm forum and have talked about firearms.
NWFA is a public forum....so anyone with a computer , phone , what have you....can visit and read posts...
And perhaps steal data..
Granted I am not a computer guy...so there is that to consider.
Andy
That makes perfect sense and clarifies things for me...thank you.Yes - true.
But I don't consider NWFA "random". I would say most people here are actual gun people and I don't consider them "strangers" even if I don't know their real names.
That aside - I have also said that the gov (specifically the NSA) listens to every electronic transmission, period. They have for decades. So yeah, that, and the fact of mandatory BGCs in OR/WA, means the gov already knows about a good percentage of my guns.
Doesn't mean I voluntarily specifically share info with "random strangers", just "strangers" I kind of know.
Clear as mud?That makes perfect sense and clarifies things for me...thank you.
Andy
That's pretty much my thought process.Can you think of any surveys asking that question that are sponsored (funded) by organizations with gun owners' best interest at heart? I can't. I take it that anyone, or any survey, asking that question can - and probably would - use truthful answers to somehow cast gun ownership in a bad light.
As for medical intake surveys, until they also ask about all demonstrably risky activities (like riding in motor vehicles, swimming, boating, rock climbing, playing with power tools, philandering, snake-handling, and hiking the streets of Portland), I'll simply skip past the firearm question.
Well at least you show consistency....Clear as mud?