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the problem is always the person, not the tool he uses to commit a crime. crime. if you wante if you wanted to stop murder,fon you would focus on the people who are committing murder, not on the hundreds of millions ofo their neighbors who are nonot. you d really want to know whata motivated killers to kill. and the firsint thing you wouldn do is study what murderers havee in common with one another, thw theyr. were raised and where their educational backgrounds, their genetic make up drug alcohol us and alcohol use, their ideological and religiouhs views, their behavior, behavio, and probably a whole lot of other factor s. would doould study murderers and you would do it with an open mind as a scientist, wouldt you would be serious about it in tuse it matters. in the late nineteenth century, researchers finally decided that infection is spread by germs. esul and as a result oft of that conclusion, surgeons are now required to wash their hands before they cut you open. everybodyu a