Uluslararası Toplumsal Bilimler Dergisi

Yazarlar: Niyazi Umut AKINCIOĞLU, Mehmet DEMİRBAŞ, Yeşim DOĞAN

Konular:Beşeri Bilimler, Ortak Disiplinler

Anahtar Kelimeler:Firearm,Murder,Law,Mass Shooting,Human Rights

Özet: The invention of firearms provided the change in the balance of power and the abandonment of traditional methods used in wars. After the use of gunpowder as a weapon, it is observed that there is a positive correlation between the number of criminal cases and the rate of death. The gun market has emerged, especially with the firearms becoming the guns today and mass production. This gun market is getting bigger from past to present. The increase in weapon production every year brings individual armament and the problems related to this situation. For this reason, the issue of individual armament is applied by defining the legal framework in many countries, and the having and supply of illegal weapons is considered a crime. It is known that dozen of people lost their lives as a result of an attack carried out by a murder with firearms, especially in cases called mass murder and occurring in many countries of the world. For this reason, the issue of whether owning a gun is a right or a privilege occupies the agenda of many countries. In this study the damage caused by weapons, which are seen as a personal security element, as well as the benefits they provide, and the legal processes in this regard are examined.

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