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Liquor stores consider scanning IDs

please dont!!! | 7:17 p.m. Jan. 12, 2009

dont do that there is no need come on!!!

kyle | 7:20 p.m. Jan. 12, 2009

haha, another hyprocasy form of control,
a scanner lol, why not impant a frieking chip in the people who drink alcohol or as soon as you turn 21 so they can scan your forehead, waste of time and money, and shows hypocracy rules, FREELANCE

I'd Use It | 7:56 p.m. Jan. 12, 2009

If I owned or managed a convenience store, I'd buy the scanner in a heart beat. Some if these kids are very good at acquiring authentic looking ID's, and the scanner would allow my staff to be sure as long as they used it in every sale.

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uncannygunman | 8:31 p.m. Jan. 12, 2009

This is potentially a civil liberties nightmare. It is exactly the kind of thing the anti-REAL ID people have been warning about for years--if the technology is there, some fool lawmaker will try to mandate using it! And if you think it would stop at alcohol purchases, then you are the fool.

Let's limit state-mandated ID requests to reasonable ones (you know, like the Fourth Amendment requires?). In the "age determination" context, that means only hassling people who reasonably appear to be underage. I think Utah is headed for a huge lawsuit if it goes down this road.

Good idea, but..... | 6:21 a.m. Jan. 13, 2009

As long as these scanners are used soley at the POS and not collected as a data base, I would agree to these machines. The scanners should be programmed to read only and with state requirements of restrictions of the laws programmed in to them. No central collection or law enforement needed, just read the ID to confirm its validity. And it shouldn't cost $900 for a machine to do that.

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