Phone Call Today.

[Ben]

My friend got this weird phone call today :

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Heads up.

I just received a call from a man claiming to be from
the State of Alabama Outdoor Hunting and Fishing Department.

He wanted to ask me some questions
and before I gave any information I asked him what the questions were.
He said he wanted to know
1-Do you hunt?
2-Where do you hunt?
3-What rifle(s) do you use to hunt with?
4-How many rifles do you own?
5-Do you have ammunition for them and in what amount?
6-Where did you purchase the rifles and the ammunition?
7-Where do you store your firearms?
8-Do you own any "Assault Rifles"?

Clearly NOT from the state
.....there is no such department.
Who he represents, I do not know.
I just hung up without saying a word.

 

[JWFilips]

Very strange!

 

[Petrol & Powder]

1. Some anti-gun person/group attempting to collect "data"? for a liberal cause.
Or, more likely..
2. Intelligence gathering for a potential burglary.

 

[RicinYakima]

Or a burglar looking for a target!

 

[Petrol & Powder]

post # 3
2. Intelligence gathering for a potential burglary.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

Nope. All finds of crazy going on. Bottom line they called me, I have no way of knowing who Im speaking with. I am not giving any information.

Most all these organizations will ONLY EVER contact you two ways. US mail and In Person.
CW

 

[Ben]

7-Where do you store your firearms?
8-Do you own any "Assault Rifles"?

# 7 sheds light on things.
I figure it was preparation and intel gathering for a home break in.

Ben

 

[oscarflytyer]

Ben - have the #? I have been getting a LOT of SPAM lately. Curious if I missed the same call.

 

[Ian]

I was waiting for the punch line.

Let's hope it was "only" a thug and not an organization.

I saw similar questions on some new patient paperwork recently, I just left it blank.

 

[Rick]

Only once did I have a doctor ask me if I had guns in the house. I told him I have the entire Constitution in my home, I don't omit any of it.

That phone call was an obvious scam, you'll never know what or who. I get 8-10 scam calls a day, I never answer the phone unless I recognize the name or number. The only ones that leave messages are the ones quite anxious to let me know my extended car warranty is about to expire.

 

[JWFilips]

Never had a doctor ask me that ....My family Doctor hunts upland birds! So I think he is cool about guns

 

[Rick H]

My Dr. asked me as part of my Medicare "Wellness Check" some years ago. I just looked at her and said "you know what I did for a living don't you?" It was right after telling me I should get rid of all the throw rugs in the house. She doesn't even bother with those things anymore.

 

[smokeywolf]

About 10-12 years ago a nurse at the boys pediatrician office asked if I had guns in the house. I said, wouldn't a more relevant question be, do you have a swimming pool or do you have any drugs or poisons in the house?

5 times more children die from accidental drowning than from accidental gunshot wounds.

 

[RicinYakima]

"I saw similar questions on some new patient paperwork recently, I just left it blank."

Required for Medicare "wellness checks", they have to ask. Just like your sex life and "extra curricular " activities.

 

[Bliksem]

"I saw similar questions on some new patient paperwork recently, I just left it blank."

Required for Medicare "wellness checks", they have to ask. Just like your sex life and "extra curricular " activities.

I had the same line of questioning a few years ago, my answer: NOYFB. I now use a doctor that has manners and minds her own busines.

 

[RBHarter]

Just the 5"/38 Pop pop brought home from the islands after the war .....

I said "for the record no , between us , whatcha got that needs a new home ?"