I suppose requiring DNA samples from gun owners would not get off the ground in Texas. I'm surprised enough legislators in Texas even believe in DNA because it seems suspiciously like science.<p>Preparing parents to identify their child's body after the next mass shooting announces a failure of government to protect citizens, one of the fundamental duties of government.
Surely all biological parents' kids could be identified from the parent's DNA? Or failing that, grabbing basically anything from the kids house/room: tooth brush? hairbrush? shoes/socks? these all seem like easy ways to get a DNA sample from a parent for their child.<p>I guess the fingerprint part might be useful?
Being as they of course "just can't" do anything to stop people from bringing guns into schools -- in a way, this makes a certain kind of sense for them.