Problem of Small Arms and Light Weapons Control in Indonesia

Problem of Small Arms and Light Weapons Control in Indonesia

By David Raja Marpaung S.IP M.Def

Since World War II, Small Arms Light Weapons mass murderer weapon that caused more victim, compared to nuclear weapon, and also biology weapon. There are al lot type of SALW which many found at conflict area for example assault rifles, grenades, mortars, and some other types. At century 21, SALW at least relates to 90 % civil conflict happened in the world. Based on note of small arms survey 2003, more than 300.000 people is killed every year by SALW. While International Red Cross estimates more than 35 % civil victim killed as result of SALW in public conflict.

United Nation defines Small Arms are broadly categorized as those weapons intended for use by individual members of armed or security forces. They include revolvers and self-loading pistols; rifles and carbines; sub-machine guns; assault rifles; and light machine guns. And, Light Weapons are broadly categorized as those weapons intended for use by several members of armed or security forces serving as a crew. They include heavy machine guns; hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers; portable anti-aircraft guns; portable anti-tank guns; recoilless rifles; portable launchers of anti-tank missile and rocket systems; portable launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems; and mortars of calibers less than 100 mm.

There are three important issues from problem SALW. First, control to SALW is vital for national and international security and defense agenda. Second, issue SALW more than at simply observation problem and weapon deprival. Third, SALW doesn't disseminate by itself, but the weapon is designed, produced and in buying as response by request of government or group of public

Small arms becomes a problems that need attention of either by international and also by domestic in order not to cause worse condition of security and defiance stability. If this happen, hence will have an effect on with the happening of instability in politics and economics.

In Indonesia, there are a lot of problems related with SALW, such as separatism in Aceh and Papua, also civil war such as in Poso and Maluku. Control of SALW becomes a serious problem for Indonesia because, actors that involved, either in transfer and also illegal production have economic or even politics power. Second, illegal circulation armed light and is small like in Poso is mirror from orthogonal transformation of hardness, where usage of fire arm is forming of deep-study of hardness as switchover from hardness having intensity low become hardness is having intensity height, Third, illegal circulation of SALW is image of how state has failed gives security and safety guarantee to member of civil. Fourth, failure of state gives security and safety guarantee has pushed member of civil to have and masters fire arm. Where member motif all kinds, starts from simply reason of finite self-defense of need to do aggression. Fifth, the problem is not only as national problem, but also international responsibility, base on origin of the weapon, and route of smuggling, that across border of many countries.