Like anyone with a micron of intelligence would tell a random stranger (polling co.) that they own a firearm....
When a polling company calls you, they have your name, phone number and address. Any answer you give them will be digitized and placed in a permanent database, the security of that database is of unknown quantity, and you can be pretty sure the outfit asking the question is hostile to private gun ownership.
Gee... Why wouldn't somebody want to answer that question honestly?
:: Like anyone with a micron of intelligence would tell a random stranger (polling co.) that they own a firearm ::
All-the-while holding their 1911SA behind their back...just to make sure.
‘Hello, I’m conducting a survey, could you please describe your home security? Do you normally leave your home for at least 8 hours a day? Do you or someone you live with have a firearm? Is that firearm kept in a safe? What is the combo...?’
Were it not for the prevalence of cell phones vs landline phones, thieves could simply let their fingers do the casing of properties as it seems sometimes that people will answer anything to some random stranger calling on the phone.
Once caught my mother in law pulling out her driver’s license to read the number over the phone. Thankfully, they hadn’t asked her for her social security number yet. She said it was the health insurance company - I asked her which one, and she said ‘I don’t know, they just said they were the insurance company...’