- Feb 17, 2011
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Nope, who knows how that info will get deseminated. Look at that DNA website getting subpoena'd by the feds.
Poll: Would you admit to owning a gun in a random phone survey
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We don't do surveys nor do we give out any info over the phone or internet unless we know 100% who we are talking to. Chris
Should probably be a different thread, has this been discussed? Apparently Baltimore county officers have lost confidence in their pistols and want the taxpayers to shell out 1.4 Million bucks to replace 2,000 of them with Glocks. There were apparently 3 incidents where a firearm discharged somewhere in the process of being removed from the holster. None of these would have happened if there had not been a locked and loaded carterage(sp?) in the chamber. I think one of these was the guy that shot himself in the foot while giving a lecture on firearms safety to a class of HS students. I gave the department PR officer a ear full about that.
https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/12/11/county-replace-police-guns/
I'm sure the county counsel will now want to sell the 2,000 surplus guns for their coffers. Tax and grab /spend. This is a money grab and needs to be resisted!
Some other things I bitched about were the "No Uncertain Threat" thing. Officers being de-sensitized to shooting at a moms and child in a playground target.
Also, the transfer program of military equipment to police departments. Apparently Baltimore County got 800 M16A1'a - fully automatic machine guns. The rest got AR15's. Gotta crow bar? Police cruiser. Feel safer? I can see a SWAT team member, or Drug enforcement team member, but all of them??? This does not make me feel safe!
Bigfoot21075
Ultimate Member
A pistol without a round in the chamber is a boat anchor in a bad situation. I was trained to never carry and unloaded firearm and to this day, I never will. If they have a reliability issue with their weapons, they are right to get them fixed. If it is a training issue, they need to fix that. I suspect this is a reliability issue either with the gun or the gun/holster combination.
267 of us admitted to not owning guns on an online survey 
Inspector1489
Ultimate Member
I think this exemplifies why the firearm needs to be READY. No time to rack the slide.
Skip to about 6:30
artbart1
Member
I dont think I would give any information in a "random" phone survey, no voting information, gun ownership, etc
Alwayscarry5267
Member
- Sep 27, 2018
- 25
Yeah I don't know what you are talking about.
This is a really hard question and I understand the concern to say No because you don't know if the person is really from a research company or if they are casing your home.
That said, I also see the left testing a new narrative that "Gun Ownership is grossly overestimated." This would allow them to create the idea that the NRA isn't representing millions of Americans, but a few angry old Rednecks and in fact, the vast majority of Americans do not own guns. If the data shows this, and the survey is done with a statistically valid method, it really puts you in a difficult place to argue that a statistically valid survey is wrong.
So in that sense, I think that if we don't' speak up and say we are gun owners, we are going to allow the narrative to continue that gun ownership is grossly overestimated.
That said, I also see the left testing a new narrative that "Gun Ownership is grossly overestimated." This would allow them to create the idea that the NRA isn't representing millions of Americans, but a few angry old Rednecks and in fact, the vast majority of Americans do not own guns. If the data shows this, and the survey is done with a statistically valid method, it really puts you in a difficult place to argue that a statistically valid survey is wrong.
So in that sense, I think that if we don't' speak up and say we are gun owners, we are going to allow the narrative to continue that gun ownership is grossly overestimated.
Moorvogi
Firearm Advocate
- Dec 28, 2014
- 855
double edged sword... if you say NO.. you're giving bad info on demographics and what not. if you say yes, the demographics issue is addressed but to what other agenda. I say. "i can neither confirm nor deny".
EndangeredMooseknuckle
Abducted Cynic
I'm a highly trained slingshot operator.. why would I need a gun?
BrewDoc_MD
Piss off, ghost!
I don't answer calls from numbers I don't recognize, so my easy answer to the random phone call poll is no.
But, when asked by just about any else (except my kids' pediatrician), I answer yes, and if pressed, say I own one shotgun, one rifle, and one pistol. My vehicle has an NRA Life decal, MSI license plate holder, and and MDS sticker. I often wear my khaki NRA ranch-hand jacket to work in mild weather, like I did today. I figure we have to strike some balance between fear of becoming a target and normalizing firearm ownership. I think once people see gun owners can be friends, neighbors, and decent human beings, not all lunatics or knuckle-dragging oafs as the MSM portrays, we'll at least help fence-sitters to start to question the narrative. Maybe. Same rational with taking new shooters to the range.
And I see no point in trying to "hide" from the .gov inquiries. All of the government agencies from local sheriff, MSP, DNR, to ATF already know that I have firearms. Now insurance companies....that's a different story.
But, when asked by just about any else (except my kids' pediatrician), I answer yes, and if pressed, say I own one shotgun, one rifle, and one pistol. My vehicle has an NRA Life decal, MSI license plate holder, and and MDS sticker. I often wear my khaki NRA ranch-hand jacket to work in mild weather, like I did today. I figure we have to strike some balance between fear of becoming a target and normalizing firearm ownership. I think once people see gun owners can be friends, neighbors, and decent human beings, not all lunatics or knuckle-dragging oafs as the MSM portrays, we'll at least help fence-sitters to start to question the narrative. Maybe. Same rational with taking new shooters to the range.
And I see no point in trying to "hide" from the .gov inquiries. All of the government agencies from local sheriff, MSP, DNR, to ATF already know that I have firearms. Now insurance companies....that's a different story.
Inspector1489
Ultimate Member
Before you hear it from someone that's been around here much longer than me, please go here: https://www.mdshooters.com/forumdisplay.php?f=119 and introduce yourselves.
Lot's of good information there, and welcome to the forum!
"No Abla"
Beach Jumper
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Uhh Gun? Whats that ?
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