This is something that just popped into my head - never thought about it before. I have a very common name. Like Bob Smith only different. If I look in a phone directory I can find thousands of people with my name, often, even with my middle name. I've even had problems at my pharmacy getting the right prescriptions because somebody else goes there with my name.
Anyway, when I fill out the federal form for buying a new gun, the only real info I give is my name, not my social security number. (the form always says that's optional) When the guy goes and does a background check on me, how the heck do they know it's really ME? I mean, I'm sure somebody, somewhere, sometime, named "Bob Smith" commited a crime, right? But I've never had a problem, my record is squeeky clean...but there must be other "me's" out there that aren't.
Am I making sense to anyone? I may have had a few beers tonight...
Anyway, when I fill out the federal form for buying a new gun, the only real info I give is my name, not my social security number. (the form always says that's optional) When the guy goes and does a background check on me, how the heck do they know it's really ME? I mean, I'm sure somebody, somewhere, sometime, named "Bob Smith" commited a crime, right? But I've never had a problem, my record is squeeky clean...but there must be other "me's" out there that aren't.
Am I making sense to anyone? I may have had a few beers tonight...