During jury selection and you are a potential jury member, are you required to answer the question if asked whether you own a firearm or are a member of the NRA?
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An attempt to keep this kind of information from the court is a good indicator that the potential juror has no business deciding the case.– bdb484Aug 7, 2018 at 15:14
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Not necessarily. It could be that the individual doesn't believe the court or any other government agency has any business knowing whether they own firearms or support the NRA.– AaronAug 7, 2018 at 22:34
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1Exactly. And if he is really so blinded by those feelings that he doesn't realize they could affect deliberations, he has no business deciding the case.– bdb484Aug 8, 2018 at 3:12
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If you are directly asked a question, you might sit there silently or explicitly refuse to answer, and the judge may order you to answer (refusing the order would be contempt). A non-responsive answer when being individually examined by an attorney is to be corrected by re-asking the question, to get a complete answer. However, if the pool is asked a generic question ("Is anybody here a member of the NRA ~ does anyone here work for Google, raise your hand") silence (or not raising your hand) would be perjury. See People v. Meza 188 Cal.App.3d 1631, People v. Blackwell for example.
