Not all felonies are murders, rapes, and kidnappings, so no, not all felons should have their DNA taken. It should not be the default option for anyone simply arrested or taken into police custody for any reason, and it should not be kept for *long term* storage (just in case).
There is not enough justification for building a DNA data bank of the citizens of this country. It is too vulnerable to abuse and anyone who believes otherwise is living in a fantasy world, dare I say a dream world.....
However, that’s still not enough to deflect the attention away from the fact that you don’t seem to have a problem with recording everyone’s DNA and naively believe that the government is trustworthy in this area.
The government does NOT NEED this information on people. It cannot be trusted to not abuse it, it cannot be trusted to have it destroyed when it’s supposed to.
This case of the incompetence of the authorities in figuring out what the problem was with the widespread nature of the DNA is a perfect example. That should have been their FIRST consideration, not one after wasting tons of taxpayer monies on a wild goose chase.
Its not to big a stretch to envision corrupt governments inventing ‘criminal markers’in dna records to use against citizens inorder to silence them in one form or another.
I DO see a problem with recording everyone’s DNA and do not believe the government is absolutely trustworthy in this matter.
I am against unreasonable search and seizure. I feel that being a convicted felon is probable cause to collect DNA identification, and many of my fellow citizens agree, and a court has yet to say it is Unconstitutional.
My question was, do you think that being a convicted felon is not probable cause for the government to collect DNA data?
Do you?
I know submitting your own DNA is not for everyone, nor am I advocating it for everyone. It was my own choice to give up my privacy in order to further a laudable goal; just as I did when I got cleared for Top Secret in service to the USAF.