Am I alone in thinking that DNA should be taken from everyone? If we are all treated the same then there would be no concern about 'innocent' people being mixed up with criminals. It could be taken at birth and from everyone entering the country as well as to the existing population. I suppose people could opt out but why?Surely the State holds loads of information about everyone so what's wrong with holding DNA as well? I certainly wouldn't object and would be happy to volunteer to have mine held on a database. This would make it much easier to solve serious crimes (forensic science is very good these days at finding DNA evidence). I really don't understand the concern about this but suspect I am in a very small minority. Mind you I support ID cards as well - and I read the Guardian - definitely something wrong there!