You'd be surprised. Someone swatted my neighbor, and they actually made an arrest. I don't know if they will have enough evidence to convict, but it was good to see. It was traumatizing for my neighbor. She's an 80 year old woman who lives with her son. I would assume the guy who did it did so from a spoofed number, but they still managed to track someone down.

I have no idea why they were even targeted, and neither did they. My money was on someone trying to swat a different neighbor who I always hear loudly talking shit while gaming. He's always yelling loud enough that I can hear it next door. My thought is they were after him and they just screwed up the address and hit the house next door.

I think there will always be ways to make anonymous calls regardless of regulations, especially since telephone systems are on the internet, so are vulnerable to hacking and exploits. But if police can be held responsible for the death and injury they cause, then maybe they will stop going in guns blazing and remove the incentive for swatting in the first place.