Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Small Arms & Light Weapons Issue This Is What I Have To Say About It...

Small arms and light weapons are basically illegal weapons that are used by all armed forces, including rebel forces, self-protection or self-defense, close or short-range combat, against the government forces. Broadly speaking, small arms are those weapons designed for personal use, and light weapons are those designed for use by several persons serving as a crew.
The fact that they are still being sold illegally causes many lives to suffer every day. Small Arms and Light weapons: hand guns, pistols, sub-machine guns, mortars, landmines, grenades, light missiles. There are many reasons these arms are being bought off the street. They are long-life; Low maintenance; relatively cheap and easily available; highly portable and so easily concealable therefore making them unique for rebel groups and for civilians. There are many things that nations can do to solve this issue. Border control I think is a major problem solver.
If theses illegal arms aren’t transported from state to state the selling of these weapons in the Black Market will decrease. It would be of great use to have bar codes for those weapons that are made and the ones that are confiscated. But this means that money is needed, which can be provided by NGO’s, Private Organizations and countries that are willing to donate. Solving this issue I think will save millions of life and practically be a domino effect on solving many other paramount issues around the world

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