According to McGoey, the key information these hijackers would have needed is Social Security numbers (often the unique identifier for business use), driver's license numbers, and date of birth or birth certificates.

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She looked at it very carefully, however, trying to compute my age from the birth date on the license.

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There's also a severe backlog in gun license applications, some of which date back several years.

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