I've been called out of town on business last-minute for the 3rd time this week, so I've been fiddling with my phone in the airport a good bit. Apparently this is good fortune, or bad, based on the timing of the email I just got, and what was attached.
The email was from a major newspaper titled "...we need your help with a story" concerning a survey for an upcoming firearm article. I took the survey immediately. Having been a subscriber to this newspaper for many years I assumed this was just another newspaper opinion survey, the sort that are posted here on NES so frequently...
Imagine my surprise when half way through the survey, I found my own comments from a letter to the ATF concerning potential regulations. The letter dates back about a year, but I began to recognize my own words about half way through, and realized it was a block from my own statement. The survey asked if I agreed with my own statement, then on the next page, if it was indeed my own statement, and finally if I didn't mind getting in touch with the reporter.
Since apparently major-media-company-x already has my ATF letter, my name, and my email, I said screw it, why not, let's see what he has to say - worst case I can just ignore him. At the end of the survey I was informed that the survey was closed (mere minutes after I received it) but I just got an email from the reporter.
Were any of you guys contacted? Quite sure it's not worth talking to the press, but it might be worth hearing what they have to say. "It's a trap!!!"
The email was from a major newspaper titled "...we need your help with a story" concerning a survey for an upcoming firearm article. I took the survey immediately. Having been a subscriber to this newspaper for many years I assumed this was just another newspaper opinion survey, the sort that are posted here on NES so frequently...
Imagine my surprise when half way through the survey, I found my own comments from a letter to the ATF concerning potential regulations. The letter dates back about a year, but I began to recognize my own words about half way through, and realized it was a block from my own statement. The survey asked if I agreed with my own statement, then on the next page, if it was indeed my own statement, and finally if I didn't mind getting in touch with the reporter.
Since apparently major-media-company-x already has my ATF letter, my name, and my email, I said screw it, why not, let's see what he has to say - worst case I can just ignore him. At the end of the survey I was informed that the survey was closed (mere minutes after I received it) but I just got an email from the reporter.
Were any of you guys contacted? Quite sure it's not worth talking to the press, but it might be worth hearing what they have to say. "It's a trap!!!"