SİLAH ŞİDDETİ VE TOPLU CİNAYETLER

Year 2021, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 148 - 167, 11.07.2021

Niyazi Umut Akıncıoğlu , Mehmet Demirbaş , Yeşim Doğan

Abstract

Ateşli silahların icadı güç dengelerinin değişmesini ve savaşlarda kullanılan geleneksel yöntemlerin bırakılmasını da beraberinde getirmiştir. Barutun silah olarak kullanılmaya başlamasının ardından taşınabilir boyutta ve barut gücünden faydalanan silahların icadı ile birlikte kriminal vakaların sayısı ve ölümle sonuçlanma oranı arasında da pozitif korelasyon olduğu gözlenmektedir. Özellikle ateşli silahların günümüzde tabanca olarak adlandırdığımız silahlar haline gelmesi ve seri üretime geçilmesiyle beraber silah pazarı ortaya çıkmış ve o günden itibaren büyüyerek varlığını sürdüren bir pazar haline gelmiştir. Silah üretiminin her geçen yıl artması bireysel silahlanmayı ve bu duruma bağlı sorunları da yanında getirmektedir. Bu nedenle bireysel silahlanma konusu birçok ülkede yasal çerçeve belirlenerek uygulanmakta ve yasadışı silah bulundurmak ve temin etmek suç sayılmaktadır. Başta Amerika Birleşik Devletleri olmak üzere dünyadaki birçok ülkede ateşli silahlara ulaşımın kolay olması nedeniyle yaşanan facialarda birçok kişi hayatını kaybetmiştir. Özellikle toplu cinayet olarak adlandırılan ve dünyanın birçok ülkesinde meydana gelen vakalarda ateşli silahlara sahip bir saldırgan gerçekleştirdiği bir saldırı sonucu onlarca kişinin hayatını kaybetmesine yol açtığı bilinmektedir. bu nedenle silah sahibi olmanın bir hak mı yoksa bir ayrıcalık mı olduğu konusu birçok ülkenin gündemini meşgul etmektedir. Bu bağlamda yapılan çalışmada bir kişisel güvenlik unsuru olarak görülen silahların sağladıkları yararın yanında oluşturdukları zararlar ve bu konudaki yasal süreçler incelenmiştir.

Keywords

Ateşli Silah, Cinayet, Hukuk, Toplu Cinayetler, İnsan Hakları

GUN VIOLENCE AND MASS SHOOTING

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Firearm, Murder, Law, Mass Shooting, Human Rights

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