State of MP vs Ayub Khan

A Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said proliferation of arms and
ammunition, licensed or not, in the country disrupted the social order and development, vitiated
law and order, and directly contributed to lethality of violent acts which needed to be curbed.
Stressing the importance of awarding at least the minimum sentence under the law three
years Justice Radhakrishnan said the legislature had felt the increased need for stringent
punishment to curb unauthorised access to arms and ammunition, especially in a situation
where we are facing the menace of terrorism and other antinational activities.
The Bench said: A person who is found to be in possession of a countrymade barrel gun with
two rounds of bullets and 50 grams of explosive without licence, must in the absence of proof to
the contrary, be presumed to be carrying it with the intention of using it when an opportunity
arises which would be detrimental to the people at large.
DELHI POLICE REPORT

Delhi Police has prepared an eye-opening report on the 'easy

availability of high quality firearms' in the Capital and the National Capital
Region. It says illegal arms used by gangs are usually well-made
replicas of top quality weapons sold in the international market.
They are cheap which enables the criminals to buy them.
The Delhi Police report says the government should reduce the
quota of ammunition available to individual license holders.
Like in the army, every licensed gun user will have to necessarily
deposit used cartridges with the arms dealers before getting a fresh
stock.

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In certain parts of the country, politicians rely on muscle men and

muscle men rely on guns. They use firearms to coerce voters and
influence voting patterns, said Sankar Sen, former Director of the
National Police Academy, about the culture of election-focussed gun
violence.

According to data from the Ministry of Home Affairs, more than

36,000 illegal weapons were seized across the country between
January 2012 and January 2015. Of these, 47 per cent seizures were
reported from Uttar Pradesh. Out of the over 15,000 firearm
fatalities that occurred across the country between 2009 and 2013,
around 90 per cent involved unlicensed weapons.
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