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Should prepaid cell phones in USA be sold without performing an identity check?

Liquor and cigarettes are not sold to anyone without a driver's license or state ID card? Isn't it ridiculous that anyone can buy a prepaid cell phone and use it to commit crimes. I just saw on AMW that a murder victim had called prepaid cell phone thrice on the day he was killed. Police couldn't find out the owner of the cell phone because it had a prepaid card. This is a threat to the national security as well if terrorists are able to buy such disposable phones.

Public Comments

1. yeah not a threat, they are just phones... its our right to buy and sell whatever products we want
2. yes-
3. Things get regulated once a relatively small population ruins it for everyone . . . I am sure it will happen sooner or later.
4. Well, I think the government already has enough information on us so if someone wants to use a prepaid phone for anonymity, let them. It really isn't any different than using a payphone, is it?
5. NO. i don't want a terrorist having access to one... not that they don't.
6. TEMPORARY PHONES FOR OUT OF COUNTRY USERS???
7. i believe they're doing it on purpose to experiment with all the biometric technology thugs then also have a false sense of security
8. No, people with pre paid cell don't kill people do.
9. That's ridiculous. Just because something can be used improperly does not mean responsible people shouldn't be allowed to use its advantages. I personally love prepaid cell phones because it allows me to not be tracked...and I'm a responsible citizen.
10. then we would have to regulate the sale of items that could be used to make an rf transmitter/receivers because they could be used to detonate a bomb. next, we should regulate the sale of gps trackers, because this could be used to detonate a bomb. we should regulate the sale of wifi cards, because this could be used to detonate a bomb we should regulate the private sale of cars, because they could be used in a bombing. ya see where that would get us? Just because one in 50,000 people do something wrong, doesnt mean the other 49,999 people should be harmed.
11. Liquor and cigarettes require ID cards only because they are restricted by age. The store does not keep track of who buys it. I guess keeping track would help, but they could always use a payphone.
12. it is not always like that. if everything we do is monitored, we no longer have privacy in there. you will not be different to a dog on a leash.