The researcher focused on the direct repercussions of weapon proliferation on social structure and local relations. Muhsen AlMustafa, a specialist in security and military affairs and a researcher assistant at the Omran Center for Studies, presented a broader approach that addressed the security, economic, and legislative dimensions of this phenomenon. He pointed out that the conflict in Syria imposed the need for armament at different levels and types, a need that became more pressing as the pace of confrontations escalated. With the later disintegration of the security control system, individual and medium weapons became a central element in local dynamics, not only as tools of combat but also as means of domination and control.

At the societal level, AlMustafa stated that the absence of the state, or the absence or suspension of regulating legislation, contributed to transforming weapons into an active party in the conflict and expanding the margin of individual armament, whether for self-protection or for settling locally rooted disputes. This random spread of weapons led to turning social disagreements into armed clashes, especially in rural and tribal areas.