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"You see, taking away a tool doesn't make someone less dangerous."
Sure it does. Take away the chainsaw from a deranged psychopath and he'll instantly become less dangerous.
Imagine there are only two ways to kill people. One is a device that looks like a Nintendo Wii controller, only when you point it at someone and push the button that person dies. It works at any range. The other way is using a toothpick. Now suddenly the remote thing is banned, and disappears from the market completely. The people that are 100% hellbent on killing will still kill, using toothpicks. But everyone else will weigh their options and evaluate these new circumstances. They could kill with the toothpick, but it's definitely gonna be messy. It'll take strength to overcome the victim and you'll obviously need the stomach to repededly stab someone. Since you have to get up close to your victim there's a much higher risk of getting caught. And so on. Fewer people kill.
I find it obvious that the _easier_ it is to kill, the _more_ people will kill. But we are repeating ourselves and as you previously said there is no easy answer. I'm willing to leave it at that.