I think there’s a movie about something like this.

While I understand that these kits would stay in the families’ homes, I still don’t understand how this would help. Couldn’t they just DNA test the parents or family whenever a mass shooting happens? Maybe for kids who aren’t genetically linked it might help and be less distressing for guardians to visually confirm… but even then I still feel weird about this. There is so much effort put into non-solutions (one door, armed guards, trip wires, etc.) rather than dealing with the problem head on.

They talk about kidnapping and trafficking, but wouldn’t having the kids picture be enough to help? Couldn’t the family, knowing the child is missing, give their DNA if physical evidence/an unrecognizable body is found? Adoption does make things difficult in terms of identification if the child is unrecognizable.

In any case I can see this going very bad very quickly. The government has pulled strings to bypass the law “legally”.