Quote Originally Posted by ag maniac View Post
I'm assuming here by "BEARER" that the meaning is us - the man.

if the man is caring gov. docs then yes the man is the bearer,

does the government hold the original BC?
no
every time they get a request for a BC they create a new one.
they never bear the original BC or any BC.

unless you send it back, then they get the hot potato,
you corner them to be the bearer of their own instrument.