Throughout the course of history, crime has always plagued humanity. It is one of the many critical issues in the world, where some argue there are no means to an end. Likewise, in my opinion, combating an issue as metaphysical, in the context of the human mind, as this would prove to be a challenge endlessly gnawing at humanity.
Crime is always out-pacing preventative measures that have been implemented. As soon as one crime is rendered obsolete to society, another’s advent fills in that hole. This cycle leads to the formation of harder-to-police offenses requiring more resources, both physical and financial. In the case of weapons such as guns, the illegal acquisition or sale of weapons is prohibited by law and measures introduced to prevent this would lead to a mass migration towards three-dimensional printed firearms which are untraceable. An optimistic approach to the resolution of crime would require a significant amount of resources with little efficacy and lead to an everchanging battle in the favor of crime.
The metaphysical nature of crime, which is the instability of the human psyche, leads to even further unpredictability when attempting to resolve it. Each human being has numerous factors that build up their character, which leads to the inability to anticipate their next move compared to another. The varying characteristics of each human lead to outliers who are solely inclined towards violence and likewise. On the one hand, this inclination in some establishes the possibility of malicious actions such as crimes of passion. On the other, calculated and cold decisions.
In conclusion, the optimistic belief that crime has a means to an end is short-sighted due to factors introduced by the presence of human beings in the problem. The human psyche results in unpredictability either in crimes of passion, or calculated approaches to committing crimes. In addition to this, the evolving nature of crime adds another layer to tackle which would be heavily demanding financially and physically with no guaranteed benefit or resolution.