My attitude is
If they’re too dangerous to be armed,then they’re too dangerous to be loose on the streets.
Exactly. How much of the nanny state laws stem from having a special criminal class of people loose on the streets that are wards of the state?
Not to mention that at the time the Constitution was written, most of what comprises our criminal sentencing would have been considered cruel and unusual. Specifically locking someone up in terrible conditions for long periods of time.