Agreed. Simple ID checks only serve to condition the public to the concept that they must submit to any government intrusion, no matter how small.
By JOHN McDONALD
The Orange County Register
ORANGE – An investigation into how a man was shot in the leg led to his arrest on suspicion of possessing stolen property and to evidence that he may have been part of an identity-theft ring, the Orange County Sheriff's Department reported.
Timothy Joseph Buckhalter was taken to a hospital Sunday because of a gunshot wound, sheriff's Sgt. Brian Schmutz said. Police were unable to talk to him because he was in surgery, so deputies went to his Main Street home and received permission to enter his room, Schmutz said.
"There were several computers with laminators, a stack of driver's license blanks, along with vials of embossing powder that (could) re-create the state seal as a watermark, just like a real driver's license," he said.
Investigators also seized stolen passports, checkbooks and credit cards, he said.
Police believe that Buckhalter accidentally shot himself in the leg but say he refused to admit it because he is on parole and is not allowed to handle a firearm. Anyone with information is asked to call investigator Chris Dunn at (714) 647-1894.
what differentiates a 'simple' ID check from a 'complex' ID check?
The misperception here is that I am arguing that ID checks all by themselves will do the trick. I have said nothing of the kind. I maintain to do something is better than to do nothing. If you completely do nothing, then assuredly there is a 100% chance that nothing will be found. The fraudulent multiple ID problem should be better addressed, along with other measures, when reasonable and credible threat or legal suspicion exists, the ID's should be looked at as part of a larger inspection process. Sounds like the other argument is do nothing to anyone at anytime for any reason.