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Clearly criminals who steal cars will DEFINITELY listen to this new law banning their tools.
We just need to make crime illegal π
That said, this is the argument that gun-owning cowards use, so does it fall under the "How do we stop this happening, says only country in the world where this happens regularly" category?
Probably a wise move to nip it in the bud
Maybe, but guns are a very different problem.
A toddler wonβt kill their sibling with this by accident.
Insane take.
You're talking about outlawing the equivalent of a lock picking set. This tool is used by legitimate security researchers and professional penetration testers all the time. Making this type of hardware less accessible only hurts.