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- From: popec@unkaphaed.gbdata.com (William C. Barwell)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
- Subject: Re: illegal for private citizens to own
- Message-ID: <ZqsqwB9w165w@unkaphaed.gbdata.com>
- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 09:12:10 GMT
- References: <1992Dec31.100831.16961@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Unka Phaed's UUCP Thingy, Houston, TX
- Lines: 30
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- billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
-
- > dcb@rosedale.uucp (Dave Breneman) in Newsgroup: alt.beer,
- > Message-ID: <1992Dec20.221436.2181@rosedale.uucp> writes:
- >
- > >I've got a copy of a paperback book put out by the Washington State Patrol
- > >called something like "Identifying Counterfiet ID". It also has a big
- > >warning on the back along the lines of "Unlawful for private citizens
- > >to posess this publication."
- >
- > Are you sure that it is published by the WSP? There is a commercial firm
- > that produces such a book - covering all the drivers licenses of all states.
- > It is hardly restricted in circulation - many bars and liquor stores have
- > a copy. I have seen it advertised for sale, I forget where.
- >
- > Bill
-
-
- Loompanics Press among others used to sel this and several other such
- books. There was also a book that told how the Social Security Numbers
- encoded information about it's owner. This being important information
- for those who were into making phony identities.
-
- Paladin press was another outfit that had similar books, if I remember
- correct.
-
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