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Old Feb 11, 2009, 9:09 am
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Originally Posted by jkhuggins
Or, it could be the other way around. It could be that the CPB agent, in the process of trying to verify the OP's identity, found that the OP already had a license for a firearm, and asked the question to confirm the OP's identity.

But this is just speculation on my part ...
That's certainly a possibility. While the OP was waiting, the agent could have dug up car and/or gun registration records and was verifying identity by making sure the OP knew the correct answers.
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