a census worker is stalking me?

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  • 4sarge

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    does it ever end!? so I get woke up this morning with a knock on the door, who is it? bloomington police. apparently the census worker told them I had a gun and they wanted my side of the story blah blah blah. the officer was very nice and kinda had the tone of I'm sorry I have to be out here doing this. she did say that the census made no statement that I had made any sort of threat to the worker(true) and just wanted to verify I did have a gun to which i said yes and a permit do you want to see them? she took down the info and said alright sorry to bother you have good day. my only question is what kind of stink did the census worker have to cause the cops to come to my house.:dunno:

    That's Rich, they came to your residence and then complained to the police because you were legally carrying :dunno:

    I'd be calling on Monday morning and filing a complaint :yesway: against this overzealous taxpayer paid government employee and would continue to follow up.
     

    MrsGungho

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    they do I think the census was doing some arm twisting on this one. it is bloomingtopia after all.

    that shoulda been in purple. I know they have way more to do than investigate a MWG on his property. There's a MWG right now at some gas station somewhere I'm sure. :D
     

    tyler34

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    That's Rich, they came to your residence and then complained to the police because you were legally carrying :dunno:

    I'd be calling on Monday morning and filing a complaint :yesway: against this overzealous taxpayer paid government employee and would continue to follow up.


    I have already left more than a few messages about him, maybe that didn't help?:D
     

    tyler34

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    at least I was just asleep and not getting my swerve on that would have been embarrassing, it goes from MWG call to police sex scandal.:): (so penthouse letters are true!)
     
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    Hammerhead

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    In light of some of the other discussions on this board that easily turn into something else due to the comment I'm about to make, I want to make perfectly clear that I'm not trying to change the subject, nor am I saying anything about violations of rights, etc.

    But let me see if this is correct. You get continual visits from a census worker after you've told them repeatedly to leave you alone. You are standing in your home armed (as you are normally, and rightfully) when you tell the census worker to get bent. You get a visit from the local 5-0 saying that there's a MWG. You then unnecessarily offer up your LTCH when they explain their visit. Why oh why did you not tell the police officer to get bent too? Why would you not tell the officer after answering the door and stating that they had a MWG call, "Huh, that's interesting, have a nice day," and shut the door?

    Ok, so you ask the officer if this was because of a complaint by a census worker. That's logical. You want to know why some dill-hole is pitching a fit about a man whom they have no need for information from, and are so frakking clueless about the law that they call in a scared sheeple MWG call because, what, they want to get you in trouble?

    WTF is going through that census worker's head? And the cop's for saying "well, we have to be here to check it out, blah blah blah..." That's total bull sh**. They don't have to get your side of the story. A census worker is now using the police as jackbooted thugs because of an ignorant trumped up sense of righteousness.

    Next time they come near your house, **** in their gas tank and put some of those removable fake bullet hole stickers on their windshield. ETA: The census worker's, not the cops.

    And yes, my response to the police after they tried to explain their visit would emphatically be, "Yes, I have a gun to defend my home per Indiana law. Since the complaint wasn't about me waking around with a gun outside of my property, my having a valid LTCH, which I do, isn't of importance here. And you can tell the census worker that I've already given my information to the census, as I've told him on numerous occasions, and if he shows up again, I'll consider it trespassing. Have a nice day, officer."
     

    tyler34

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    to answer hammers ? she woke me up= groggy and I didn't really feel like spending anymore time dealing with it than I had to. I didn't feel like she intruded on me or my life, census obviously made a stink about me and you could tell by her tone and demeanor she could really care less about the situation. the only thing she wrote down was my LTCH number, she didn't write anything else down. the whole thing took maybe 5-7 minutes she didn't hassle me nor was she rude in the least. it's called picking your battles but this wasn't even a battle so I can't pick it.
     

    truegrit

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    I think this was the first weekend these idiots have left me alone. I sent in my little card. and then I got the "Community survey" which I didn't answer. Then they started calling me,even on weekends. I told them it was none of their business I'd already been counted. then they kept showing up at my door. finally I gave them their form but not with the answer they wanted. Then they kept calling.
     

    hornadylnl

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    I answered # of people, ages, and sexes. So far, I haven't gotten any phone calls or visits that I know of.
     

    HighStrung

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    tyler34~please promise me that (if they should happen to knock again) you'll answer the door looking just like your avatar. Even if you have to get a fake mustach, with 70's porn music playing in the background, mickey mouse ears, at 8am. Oh yeah, and videotape the entire thing (not that I want to see you nakie though). This would be classic.
     

    Whosyer

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    I honestly forgot to send the form in by the deadline. The census lady stopped at my neighbors across the road, and asked how many of us lived there. Have not heard another word out of them. I think maybe they were afraid to come up my lane. My house is hidden by the corn , and my lane is about 170 yards long. All you can see from the road is a couple of jacked up 4 wheel drives, a barn that's half falling down, and a redbone hound barking his head off. lol.
     

    tradertator

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    I had this same sort of problem in Indy @ my wife's old place, with the Jehovah Witness. Being nice didn't get them to quit coming, so the next time the knocked, I answered the door in my tighty whiteys, santa clause hat, and a bottle of Johnny Walker in hand. I told them that I belonged to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and that I really needed to get back to what I was doing. They must have went and gouged their eyeballs out, because they didn't come back.
     

    DocGlock86

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    I probably would have said "Go away!" after the door knocking started. If he didn't stop, open the door and say," WHAT PART OF GO AWAY DON'T YOU ****ING UNDERSTAND". Then see how he throws the ball back....

    I'd say Go away once then the next thing he'd hear is the racking of my shotgun. :draw:
     

    rhino

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    We haven't had any visits from these people yet.

    I did notice that one of my "No Trespassing" gadgets needed replacement though. Curiously there was a scorched pair of penny loafers in front of where I installed it.

    I wonder . . .
     
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