Firearms as an element of criminal-legal characteristics of terrorist acts

To date, crimes committed with the use of firearms continue to be actual, as evidenced by the statistical data on their number. Firearms are quite effective for committing crimes, including grave ones. In article the author resulted criminal-legal and criminally-legal aspects of crimes of terrorist character, the analysis of cores of articles is given, concept of the weapon, ammunition, homemade or industrial explosives is considered, within the limits of crimes of a terrorist orientation, the role of the weapon both in commission, and in investigation of crimes of the specified category is revealed, the combined set of circumstances which promotes commission of crimes of the given category with use of firearms, ammunition and explosives is resulted. The author also considers the concept of terrorism categorically and notes that successful activity in the prevention, detection and investigation of crimes depends on the methods and techniques used by criminals in preparing, committing and concealing the crime. In conclusion, the author concludes that if it is not possible to establish the methods and techniques used by the offender, it is difficult to determine the means, techniques and methods that in this case, the investigator should apply.

crime, weapons, terrorism, criminal- legal characteristics, composition of the crime