TINJAUAN TERHADAP UPAYA KEPOLISIAN DALAM MENANGGULANGI PENYALAHGUNAAN SENJATA API OLEH MASYARAKAT SIPIL

Recently, there have been frequent incidents of people pointing guns at people in the area. This will certainly disturb the peace of the community. Actions of mass violence are of course something that is common among the community, students, university students and also youth. The aim of this research is to examine the regulations regarding the use of firearms in positive law in Indonesia and analyze police efforts in tackling the misuse of firearms by civil society. It is hoped that this research will increase knowledge regarding police efforts to tackle the misuse of firearms by civilians and can also explain the police's obstacles in enforcing the law in cases of misuse of firearms by civilians. Legal provisions regarding the misuse of firearms have been regulated in the RI Emergency Law No. 12 of 1951 concerning ownership of firearms, Law No. 2 concerning control of explosives, and Law No. 8 of 1948 concerning the provision of weapons. firearms permit. In this case, the police's efforts to tackle the use of illegal firearms by civil society have been quite successful by implementing pre-emptive, preventive and repressive measures.