Comment by lmm

> if you make them contraband they will still be available in different ways and that measure will have the opposite effect.

Banning things doesn't make them impossible to get hold of but it does make it harder/more costly, which is all that any anti-crime measure can hope to achieve. Why do you say the opposite effect? This isn't like alcohol (or even, to an extent, weed) where a majority of ordinary decent people use it occasionally and want it to be available. Most people have never owned or used lockpicks and don't see any reason to have them if you're not a criminal. (And, sadly, that's probably also true of a flipper zero).