It has nothing to do with "restraining". It's merely another step in the quest to turn every "citizen" into a criminal--thus turning us into subjects, rather than citizens.
Why is it that politicians are hell bent to give everyone in America a criminal record?
“... There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any
government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one MAKES them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
......just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted — and you create a nation of law-breakers — and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Reardon, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”
- p.411,
Ayn Rand, ATLAS SHRUGGED, Signet Books, NY, 1957
“The brutes, private or public, who believe that they can rule their betters by force, will learn the lesson of what happens when brute force encounters mind and force.” -Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged