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by leothecool 984 days ago
Theft has a clearance rate of only 15%. Sounds like we already stopped trying to regulate most theft, in practice.
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“Trying to regulate” and “succeeding in enforcing regulations” aren't the same thing.

In fact, a low clearance rate can be evidence of trying to regulate far beyond one's capacity to consistently enforce; if you weren't trying to regulate very hard, it would be much easier to have a high clearance rate for violations of what regulations you do have.