Most of us already have ID cards of one kind or another. Here in Tennessee, even if you don't drive, you can go to the DMV and have an ID made with your photo on it, stamped For Identification Only. I don't know if other states do that or not.

A National ID would only be in the hands of law-abiding citizens and would have little, if any, effect on criminals.

Sounds like the Mark of the Beast to me. Has anyone considered Tony Blair might be the Antichrist?