That's how it starts. Then the government starts mandating transdermal implants at birth that contain a GPS chipset, and a kill switch. We're headed to a level of dystopian control that would make a brutal banana republic dictator shudder.
If you're not, congratulations, you got me.
In an era when the government has access to our cell phone data via easily obtained FISA court permission, we're already a good chunk of the way there.
After all, it was not so long ago in this country when people of a certain ethnic descent were locked up en masse.
Maybe a kill switch is too far: how about an electrical charge to block the activity of your optic nerve and brain stem?