It is my great pleasure in bringing to you the second number of the current year. I hope it will be of your liking. I expect your cooperation and critical evaluation. I thank Mr. Charanjit Walia of Mata Sahib Sahib Kaur Institute of Nursing, Mohali; alongwith Dr. Harinder Singh and Dr. D.S. Bhullar for their liberal help in publishing this journal. I see a lot of blood shed in the world due to weapons. This time I will like to share my views on the medical and social aspects of proliferation of small arms and light weapons in South Asia. These arms are posing a big hazard to our continent particularly South Asia. I expect that after reading the editorial you will do everything possible within your reach to check the menace of small arms and light weapons. I convey my thanks to all the members of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine who are sending me the articles regularly without which this journal is not possible. I convey my sincere thanks to all my departmental colleagues who are rendering me immense help in this noble project.