Have you ever taken a gun ownership poll?

[Koshinn]

If you've taken a gun ownership poll, do you tell the truth?

I'm wondering because polls show a decline in firearms ownership, or more precisely, a decline in the percentage of households with a firearm, and I'm curious as to how many people tell the truth, especially given that they're often called at home.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/1645/Guns.aspx

I'm assuming everyone here owns at least one firearm, so that won't be an option in this poll.

Assume the following before voting:
You are being asked via landline or cell phone.
This is not the only question asked, you're also asked about demographics information (age, gender, race, rough income, etc), random political issues, etc.
The person on the other end of the phone is in fact a person, not a machine.


If you are on Tapatalk, yes, there is a poll.
Thread URL for opening it in a browser is:
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?153812

[tb-av]

What good could come from doing so?

[Crow Hunter]

Nope. I never do.

I don't tell anyone that I even own guns unless I am fairly close to them.

I also don't put NRA stickers on my stuff, even though I am a life member.

When I leave my house to go shooting, I hide the fact that I am taking guns out and I hide the fact that I am bringing guns back in the house.

I am not paranoid, but there might be people out to get me....

I had a very bad experience when I was in 6th grade. Someone broke into our house and stole my budding knife/gun collection along with my Dad's guns including his pet Marlin 39 Mountie and my Grandfather's Model 12. It was drilled into me from that point forwards that we "don't own any guns" from that point forward.

[Koshinn]

Nope. I never do.

I don't tell anyone that I even own guns unless I am fairly close to them.

I also don't put NRA stickers on my stuff, even though I am a life member.

When I leave my house to go shooting, I hide the fact that I am taking guns out and I hide the fact that I am bringing guns back in the house.

I am not paranoid, but there might be people out to get me....

I had a very bad experience when I was in 6th grade. Someone broke into our house and stole my budding knife/gun collection along with my Dad's guns including his pet Marlin 39 Mountie and my Grandfather's Model 12. It was drilled into me from that point forwards that we "don't own any guns" from that point forward.

Yeah, I'm actually more concerned about burglars than the government given the state I'm living in.

My tennis racket bag makes nice concealment for my SBR. My gym bag that goes with it (plausible reason for why I'm not wearing shorts and a polo shirt) has other gear like ear pro, ammo, etc.

[markm]

My tennis racket bag makes nice concealment for my SBR.

Tennis bag and a chest rig.

My street is low key... which is good when Pappabear pulls up waving a fukking SBR with a can around as he walks inside.

[Bulletdog]

No. Never. None of anybodies business.

I've been asked by doctors too. I tell them, "Not relevant." and "None of your business." I had one doctor tell me, "Okay. So that is a 'yes'...". I told him if you write "yes" on your little form there we are going to have a big problem. Then we promptly walked out of his office and rescheduled with a different doctor who had some common sense and decorum. Another doc told me, "Well if you have any, please don't bring them here." I said, "Why on earth would I bring a gun here in the first place? And if I was going to bring bring a gun here, do you really think your insulting request would do anything to stop me? Another walk out.

I can't imagine I am alone in this. With the current political climate is it any surprise that gun owners are keeping a lower profile about it all?

Further, has anyone noticed that these polls always seem to reflect the views of the people asking the questions?

[Airhasz]

Why the he'll would your doctor ask if you have guns???

[Heavy Metal]

Doc: "Do you own any firearms?"

Me: "Do you?"

[WillBrink]

Never been sure about who they poll on any topic I have yet to ever be polled by any major polling service. I have done my best to opt out of all such lists where possible, so maybe it worked.

[Heavy Metal]

The easiest way to establish a proxy value for false negatives would be to get a public list of CCW holders and poll them and see how many respond in the negative. There is an almost certain 1:1 correlation that they own a firearm.

If 30 percent lie then you know the values overall is 30 percent low.