When you say criminal you also think of many other names for that individual.
To me the most common one is “Outlaw”. To me this means someone who has decided to live outside the laws that bind normal men and women in a civilized society.
If you agree with that definition of “outlaw” aka criminal; what makes anyone think that they are going to obey a new law dealing with guns?
geez, you dont read much more than the first line, do you