[numberonepal]

The bill is sponsored by State Sen. Dan Patrick (R-Houston), who is a strong supporter of individual rights.

Hole on thar pard! That there looks like a conflict of philosophical interest to this here Redneck.

[agere_contra]

This bill should pass, but should only be applied to the current inhabitant of the White House.

[Just another Joe]

OK, let the bill pass, have Oboma come to TX, let a conservative "peace officer" demand to see Obomba's ID, then ask for the long form BC as ID.

A fantasy come true.

[gunnyg]

Ah so! Good to see ALL have not forgotten the One (Eligibility)Issue! What with the Tea Parties and dangerous veterans brouhaha, I haven't seen it mebtioned--gotta admit....nice diversion.

[Dallas59]

Good Reasons

"I saw you weaving."

"You didn't make a signal to change lanes."

"You were texting."

"You were doing 36 in a 35 mph zone."

"You ran a yellow light".

"Your tires look a little low."

"Why were you looking at me like you were scared?"

[CharlesWayneCT]

"In this era of national security issues, if we have a police officer detaining someone at a high profile target, it is in the best interests of the safety of that officer and this community to be able to quickly determine who that person is."

What if revealing your name might incriminate you? Doesn't the 5th amendment give every person the right to remain silent? If they want to know who you are, they can get a warrant and search you for your ID.

Of course, this would imply that in the future, every person would be required to have an official ID and carry it with them wherever they go. You already have to have an official ID to drive a car, as part of the "privilege".

Imagine if someone in our founder's day had decided people should be required to have a license in order to ride a horse? It is unthinkable.

[concerned about politics]

Why show ID? Why not just implant everyone with a computer chip so everyone is "under control."
Big brother can just aim a computer wand in any direction and immediately scan the great collective to make sure everyone is behaving and thinking in a politically correct manner within seconds. They could do it under the disguise of "It's for our own good."

Who the heck is the Republican supporting this? What country is he representing?

[EGPWS]

Any 'peace officer' can demand i.d. any time, doesn't say exactly who qualifies as a 'peace officer.'

That could be a school teacher or perhaps a member of the Obama Youth Corp, or how about a snoopy neighbor who voted properly in the last election?

[VanillaBlizzard]

To me this seems contradicting...Texas has low gun control, yet another bill to criminalize us before we commit the crime...

At least my state (MN) isn't the only state full of stupid now days...

[Oldpuppymax]

Personally I’d like to read the bill myself. It can be represented—or misrepresented—as anything in a brief little article.

[mysterio]

"We still live in a free society,"

No, we don't. It's time people stopped repeating this slogan, because it's not true. We live in one of the most legislated societies on the planet.

[DieNarrin]

ping for later

[bgill]

Apparently one officer had a jump on this the other day when at a traffic stop he demanded the teenage passenger give him ID. Not that the minor had done anything wrong (no mouthing off, no nothing). The minor gave the officer his military ID. The officer took it and went back to his car to check it out, comes back and jumps all over the kid that it was a felony not to give him his drivers permit and that he could be hauled into jail.

Be prepared for more of this bs when this bill is passed. With what’s going on in the Texas Senate now days, it will be passed.

[Enterprise]

"Currently, it is illegal for a person to give a false name to police, but there is no law rewiring a person to provide i.d. at an officer's whim."

Well ya can just keep yer hands off my wires. They don't already work too good as it is!

[Tribune7]

This is a bad idea. It sounds like a misguided attempt to deal with illegals.

[DuncanWaring]

... if we have a police officer detaining someone at a high profile target, it is in the best interests of the safety of that officer and this community to be able to quickly determine who that person is."

If the police officer doesn't know who the person is that is being detained, how do they know it's a "high profile target"?

[Glenn]

In this era of national security issues, if we have a police officer detaining someone at a high profile target

If that is the reasoning, write it into the bill.

[MamaTexan]

The bill is sponsored by State Sen. Dan Patrick (R-Houston), who is a strong supporter of individual rights.

This guy needs to sit down and STHU!

You can't be for individual rights and then fly in the face of the 4th AND 5th Amendments.

You don't loose your right to be 'secure in your papers' just because you leave the house, and you can't be forced to provide evidence that can be used against you.....PERIOD!

Not to mention that anyone determined to do any harm will have false identification, ANYWAY.

GEESH! What bizzarro world rock did this guy crawl out from under?

[EdReform]

Ping

[John123]

which would require citizens to show some sort of identification to any police officer who demands it

I do believe I just found a loophole... This law ONLY applies to those who are legally in the USA...