A national DNA database accessible to law enforcement agencies would ensure that a vast majority of the most heinous crimes committed could be solved in a matter of days. The perpetrators could be positively identified leaving jurors will little doubt as to the guilt of those accused.

Imagine the number of missing children who would be identified with such a program in place. The bones long bleached white in the sun could finally be linked to someone and closure offered to those who've long suffered the loss of a loved one.

The program itself could be easily implemented, requiring as little effort as a drop of blood to renew a license or identity card. A Q-Tip swab at birth would accomplish much the same for those too young to possess such identification.

A tiny hair, a flake of skin, a drop of saliva, and presto, a proof-positive arrest. No more arrests of innocent parties, no more false alibis introduced to confuse the jury, an end to the often fallible witness identification process.

I'm a huge proponent of civil liberties and have often spoken out against intrusive laws which limit or outright remove those freedoms we've grown accustomed to but the importance of protecting our society from those most vile outweighs even my most libertarian opinions.

We need to put a stop to the victimization of society by these predators who carry on knowing that they most likely will never hear the gavel of justice. The rapist, the molesters, and the murderers need to be put on notice that we can and will find you and the price you'll pay will be steep indeed. Then, and only then, will we likely see a serious reduction in violent predatory crimes.

I know there's arguments out there against such a proposal. I'd like to hear them. I'd like to know what YOU think of such a program because you can bet your bottom dollar that someone somewhere is developing such.

I would agree to such in a heartbeat.

What do you think?