I was being sarcastic about feeling unsafe while being unarmed in the middle of a police station.

I see your point for the finger prints, in most cases. I don't think these prints are going to CBI, although I'm not sure. I have to submit prints with the application for this Texas resident license I'm getting. I've done the same thing for Wyoming, but apparently they don't share the data base and I have to do the prints again (hence the reason I assume they don't go through CBI).