If there are no criminals, there can be no crime.
Actually what you will end up with is just criminals committing crimes against each other. Law abiding citizens are long gone.
And if there are no crimes, there can be no criminals.
Simple, right?
If people think your statement and mine are a joke, think again.
Because that is exactly how the liberal DA George Gascón looked at it in San Francisco before he left to be the DA in Los Angeles. And that is exactly how he views it now as the new district attorney in LA.
Change the definition of behavior that was once considered criminal and don't arrest people who engage in that behavior, then you lower the crime rate, goes the logic of Gascón.
In the meantime, real crime rates soar while the words games the Gascón engages in, does nothing to stop it.