Is this the same argument as "bad people will always flout rules, might as well give every person a machine gun so the good guys can have an even fight"? Lookin

Is this the same argument as "bad people will always flout rules, might as well give every person a machine gun so the good guys can have an even fight"? Looking at China, I think that it is very possible to make it least very uncomfortable, so uncomfortable as to be an effective deterrent.