Centro de Documentação da PJ
Analítico de Periódico
21621
Pervasive illicit small arms availability : a global threat / Peter Lock
Heuni Papers, Helsinki, No. 14 (1999), 29 p.
(CD72). Também disponível em: http://www.heuni.fi/uploads/cu84l.pdf
ARMAS, COMÉRCIO, SEGURANÇA PRIVADA
I - Analysis: 1. The scope of the problem. 2. Structural determinants of the general security crisis. 3. The dynamics of privatisation of security. 4. The current dynamics of illegal proliferation and intra-societal diffusion of small arms: a) Supply side push; b) Demand side economics. 5. Comprehensive measures to reduce illicit small arms availability. II – Proposals. 1. Gathering information on black markets. 2. Improving information gathering. 3. Improving the control of legal transfers: a) The case for a transaction deposit; b) Obligatory certification. 4. Avoiding the misuse of legal small arms: a) Liability of gun ownership; b) Marking of weapons is a prerequisite to enact additional safeguards. 5. An ammunition tax: the case for a demeritional tax. 6. Instituting a recycling deposit for all firearms. 7. Dual standardisation of calibres for all small arms. 8. International trust fund for the destruction of surplus stocks of small arms. 9. Active market intervention in illegal trading. 10. Reversing cultures of violence. 11. Conclusion. Literature.
