Your first clause makes a very good point. The conclusion you draw from that, in the rest of the sentence, seems logical — but, it would be safer to say “may be”, rather than “probably”. Your penultimate sentence is (unfortunately) probably prescient.
:-) Probably would be safer to say maybe. I see I left out the thought that cutting off their gimme dats would probably increase crime a lot. At least initially.
We’re going to have to empower our cops on the local level. Back in the 80s, I had an officer suggest that I get rid of my very nice little pick up & get a beater “because they were just going to keep whittling away at it”. They do the best they can, but our corrupt city council has always been pro-illegal. It’s MUCH worse now.
Having lived in the belly of the beast all my life, I want them gone yesterday.