A retreat to barbarity seems to be the most popular life choice today, as in behaving like an animal is the only thing that's authentic. The problem is the malice is still there driving it all. People who truly despise being restrained by laws stampede the heard off the cliff. On the way to the burning down of your own city other people built for you, here, get a credit card and phone plan.
You can write all the news articles you want. You can sign all the legislation you want. The law is here to limit violence, not do what everyone agrees on, not to make everyone feel good. If the police don't do it, other people will. Business owners. Realtors. Other criminals. Foreign debt holders. Or even worse, nature, as in starvation, disease, exposure, trauma from accidents.
It's not okay to be a victim. If you are robbed or attacked, it's not okay. Best way to end crime. Got your window broken, or your city burnt, or your border is opened? I'm not going to punish them anymore. I'm going to punish you.