The Politics of Gun Control and India's Internal Security

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Sukanya Podder is a Researcher at IDSA. Notes 1 ‘Weekly Country Report: India (May 21–27, 2007), ’ at http: //www. pvtrorg/pdf/weekly%20reports/India-21-27May07. pdf. (Accessed May 30, 2007). 2 I borrow this term from Nicholas Marsh, ‘Conflict Specific Capital: The Role of Weapons Acquisition in Civil War’, International Studies Quarterly, 8, 2007, pp. 54–72. 3 Report of Governmental Experts on Small Arms A/52/298, United Nations, August 1997. 4 R. Hariharan, ‘Militancy and Small Arms Proliferation’, Op-Ed, The Hindu, April 20, 2007, at http: //www. hindu. com/2007/04/20/stories/2007042005221000. htm (Accessed April 25, 2007). 5 See Small Arms Survey: Unfinished Business, Geneva, Graduate Institute of International Studies, 2006. 6 ‘De-quilling the Porcupine: Swiss Mull Tighter Gun Laws’, at www. spiegel. de/international/europe/0, 1518, 480545, 00. html (Accessed April 25, 2007). 7 See ‘India and the Arms Trade Treaty’, Oxfam Briefing Note, New Delhi, September 2006. 8 For an analysis of the societal impact of guns on youth, see David M. Kennedy, Anne M. Piehl, and Anthony A. Braga, ‘Youth Violence in Boston: Gun Markets, Serious Youth Offenders, and a Use-Reduction Strategy’, Law and Contemporary Problems, 59 (1) (Winter 1996), pp. 147–196. 9 These groups have wide media and public presence; visit the control arms campaign at www. controlarms. org. 10 Text of the PoA at www. disarmament. un. org/cab/poa. html (Accessed April 2, 2007). 11 Robert Muggah, Jurgen Brauer, David Atwood, and Sarah Meek, ‘Means and Motivations: Rethinking Small Arms Demand, HFG Review: Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Call for Research’, Spring 2005, pp. 31–38, at http: //www. hfg. org/hfgᵣeview/5/hfgsmallarms. pdf (Accessed April 15, 2007). 12 IANSA Red Book, 2006. See Chapter III on ‘Progress towards Implementation’ at www. iansa. org/un/review2006/redbook2006/chapter3. pdf (Accessed April 24, 2007). 13 Conference Update at www. controlarms. org/latestₙews/index. htm (Accessed July 24, 2006). 14 Statement by Hamid Ali Rao at the UN Rev Con, New York, June 26, 2006, at http: //www. un. org/events/smallarms2006/pdf/arms060627Ind-eng. pdf (Accessed May 7, 2007). 15 ‘India and the Arms Trade Treaty’, no. 7, p. 4. 16 Ibid. , p. 5. 17 Haroon Habib, ‘A Deadly Cargo’, at http: //www. hinduonnet. com/fline/fl2110/stories/20040521000206100. htm (Accessed June 9, 2007). 18 ‘India and the Arms Trade Treaty’, no. 7, p. 6. 19 Ibid. 20 Ibid. 21 B. S. Sachar, ‘Surge in Infiltration Attempts Across the Line of Control in J ISI’s Neighbourhood Plan’, at http: //india-alert. blogspot. com/2007₀2₁4ₐrchive. html (Accessed May 27, 2007). 23 Rajesh Sinha, ‘Now, Naxals Take Arms Delivery from Government Factory’, at http: //www. dnaindia. com/report. asp? newsid=1090351 (Accessed May 17, 2007). 24 Amarnath Tewary, ‘Indian Naxals Turn to Poppy for Funds’, June 7, 2007, at http: //www. Naxalwatch. Blogspot. Com/ (Accessed June 10, 2007). 25 Kishalay Bhattacharya, ‘Child Soldiers in the Northeast Raise Concerns’, at http: //www. ndtv. com/convergence/ndtv/story. aspx? id=NEWEN20070010935 (Accessed May 7, 2007).