Armor Equip Restriction Can Be Bypassed

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Describe the bug
You can bypass the armor restrictions by either Shift clicking inside the player inventory or by setting the armor into a dispenser and having it dispensed on the player.

Minecraft and Fabric version
minecraft - 1.20.1
fabric - 0.15.3 (api 0.91.0)

Config changes
no

Other mods installed
same result with/without any additional mods

To reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go into creative
2. Give yourself a leather helmet
3. Go into survival
4. Press E to open inventory
5. Hold Shift and Left click on the helmet
6. You have now equipped the helmet

Expected behavior
Not equip the locked armor

[Samuel-Lewis]

Maybe a change in mechanics would simplify this?

Can always equip armor/tools/weapons, but their effectiveness is zero. eg, can equip some diamond armour, but it provides no damage resistance/reduction, weapons and tools would be equivalent to an empty hand. TBD if it takes durability or not.

Tradeoff is that it would make it less obvious to a Player that they are under levelled. Maybe when you get hit, the armour is unequipped? Some brainstorming required there.