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Let Freedom Ring,
Posted on 02/09/2005 11:36:18 AM PST by kimber
The National ID card is back in the news, as Congress is getting set once again to debate the issue.
You will remember that late last year, Congress passed (and the President signed) legislation which starts us down the road to a National ID card. In the name of preventing alien terrorists from operating in this country, the so-called Intelligence Reform bill gave federal bureaucrats unprecedented new powers to force changes in state-issued driver's licenses -- including, possibly, the addition of computer chip technology that can facilitate the tracking of all U.S. citizens.
Now, the House will be debating new legislation, H.R. 418, that was recently introduced by Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI). In considering this bill, the U.S. House will vote on whether to empower the federal government to determine who can get a driver's license -- and under what conditions.
Since you need a driver's license to purchase a gun from a dealer, this will give BATFE the expanded ability to impose even greater forms of gun control -- something which it has long coveted. This will become even more apparent if an anti-gun Democrat like Hillary Clinton wins the presidency in 2008.
H.R. 418 is, unfortunately, supported by many Republicans who believe that repealing our liberties will somehow make us "secure." But GOA joined a large coalition of citizen-activist organizations this week in opposition to H.R. 418. In a letter to Congress, the coalition stated:
Standardization of driver's licenses has long been recognized as a bureaucratic back-door to implementation of a national ID card. With its required linking of databases and ability of the Secretary of Homeland Security to require a prescribed format, HR 418 takes us well along that road. Concerns are further heightened when the bill fails to even provide lip service to privacy concerns, and proposes to share all of our data on the driver's license database with Canada and Mexico.
Realizing government's tendency towards mission creep, no one should be surprised if this database grows to contain far more information than that which is relevant to driving. HR 418 requires that the database shall contain "at a minimum," all information contained on the driver's license as well as driving history. There is no limit to what other information may eventually be contained in the database -- something which should definitely concern gun owners.
H.R. 418 is being touted as a way of cleaning up some of the problems with the law that was enacted last December. But this bill is still an attack on states' rights. It still takes us down the road to a National ID card. And it would still do nothing to keep real terrorists from operating in our country.
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National ID cards eh? So we get open borders and national ID cards? Is this 2005 or 1984?
It looks like we lost ....
This is the project that the ex-kgb generals in the Dept. of Homeland Security were "advising" on. Yevgeny Primakov laughingly commented the they've designed a system of internal passports for the US that is more restrictive than the old Soviet Union.
What is the difference between this and the existing individual Social Security Number except that something like this might actually be effective and might provide some protection against so-called 'Identity Theft' as well as insuring some national standard in identifying individuals.
BTW I am mindful of the serious potential for misuse and would applaud efforts to curtail such.
Fire away!
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We already have National ID cards...it's called "Social Security Card/number"
If people think this through, ID cards are the ONLY hope against immigration and voter fraud. No big deal, IMO.
You know, it just makes more sense to ID the people who need to be ID'd. For instance, a citizen of another nation wants to enter the U.S. Okay, photo ID them and give them an ID that has a sensor strip that can be monitored by devices that we place nearly everywhere.
As long as that person's ID is moving, we know they are using it. When it stops moving for a 48 hour period, you know who needs to be picked up for non-compliance.
Even if they are not carrying their ID, the INS database has that person's face fingerprints and known contacts in it.
An alert similar to an amber alert would be launched, that person picked up within days.
If a person overstayed their visa, their ID would provide their location instantaniously. If they had stopped using it, they'd have already been picked up, or could be within days.
I want laws that affect non-citizens. Leave us citizens the hell alone. We're obeying the laws of our nation and should be none of the government's GD business.
Just wait until they make you put a microchip in your forehead or forearm. Then they can trace you no matter where you go. You won't be able to buy or sell without it. Sound familiar? It should. It's scriptural.
The night is dark. On a lonely street corner stands a man wearing an overcoat...a person approaches. The man in the overcoat says..."Passport, $100, birth certificate, $200, driver license, $500, social security card, $150, and a new offering...National ID card, $1000."
Our borders are wide open floodgates. Our Citizens are treated as chattel and the politicians do whatever they want while the liberals whittle down our country. What is wrong with this picture?
I have a great idea, why don't we just bar code every Citizen and track their data? (sarcasm)
There's nothing like giving up liberty for some temporary security.
The card itself is no big deal...it's the chip, and whatever info that is on it, that is the big deal. I doubt the average citizen will have equipment that can read what is actually on this chip.
Agreed.
But...
I already have mine!
Semper Fi,
Kelly
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