“for my own safety” has become the all encompassing excuse for a multitude of sins.
The worst thing is it has become accepted by the courts and is about as good an example as any of just how far this nation has fallen.
Another is the huge increase in police forces. The town I grew up in Had a police chief, a single cop and maybe a few part time ones. I think they only had one car.
Now the same town is the same population and I never visit without seeing a bunch of cop cars basically doing nothing but looking for speeders.
As far as I know the population wants it that way, they think they are somehow safer with all those cops around. The fact is they are not.
Some of the problem is, however, that there are just too many criminals in this country. Lawyers are a close second in terms of blame, IMHO. There really is no easy answer. The Constitution could not have foreseen what this country has become and, of course, following generations have screwed everything up.