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Of course laws "create" crime, as in defining something as a crime. They also prevent crime. They don't prevent ALL crime but they DO prevent the commission of crime by those who are inclined to follow laws and/or are afraid of the consequences.
Take speed limits as an example. Do you think people would drive 65 on the interstate if it wasn't illegal to drive 100? Most would not. They do because of the penalty. Some still don't, but there can be NO doubt that there would be more, faster drivers without the penalties.
Since it is indisputable that folks who are not inclined to follow the law... i.e. criminals... do not currently and will not in the future follow the laws, what then is the point in creating more laws which, by definition, will only be followed by the folks who you're not worried about anyway?
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That would be the point of the background checks. To help prevent an unintentional transfer to a prohibited person by "most people".
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