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>>>>You are correct. The availability of a gun can indeed escalate the crime to a more serious one (but does not cause the crime to occur). Without weapon A the criminal would need to use weapon B, which may indeed be less effective.
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>>>And without the criminal there wouldn't be a crime, but some people look at the tools rather than the root cause.
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>>And without laws there would be no criminals. Problem solved.
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>There would still be victims.

Thats not my problem, they should have had a gun. Everyone living in a lawless society should have a gun.