“As for telling a lie ... Your decision to carry a defensive gun is a highly private matter. It’s no one else’s business, so you can decide who to tell. (It should be very few people.). But, sometimes someone who knows you will ask.
Me? I’m okay just telling a lie. I remember what my father told me. “Always tell the truth, because it makes it easier to remember what you told someone. On the other hand, it’s not a sin to tell a lie to someone who is not entitled to know the truth.””
Tom Grsham, GunTalk
“On the other hand, it’s not a sin to tell a lie to someone who is not entitled to know the truth.”
Kids with decent parents were always told (trained) to tell the truth, at least to adults in positions of authority. The problem is that life isn’t so simple anymore, particularly for conservatives and children of conservatives. It is now just as important to tell kids how and when to lie to others, particularly adults.
For example, I told my kids to ALWAYS answer “NO” if asked if they are/were spanked. And, to help them remember, I promised them they could get “Brand New Parents” if they ever answered “yes”. So it worked out good. Gun ownership, of course, is another area worth lying about, in most cases. Same when I see a doctor. If they ask me probing questions about my past that I don’t think they need to know about...well, they get whatever answer I feel like giving them, that day.
I was once asked by a manager at work if I owned firearms. My reply was, “Guns are icky!” This stopped the manager in his tracks. He backed up and tried again, “Yes, but do you own any firearms? Again, all I said was “Guns are icky!”
As it turned out he was a gun enthusiast but I had no way to know that. And the company had lurched decidedly in the leftward direction so I had no inclination to be forthright with any of them - about anything.