In order to uncover cases of robbery with firearms, sometimes requires assistance from
other parties, such as assistance from an expert in forensic laboratories / crime lab expert to
determine what type of firearm used or in order to trace the identity of firearm ownership based
on a fingerprint left behind or under the rest- residual gunpowder result of gunfire. Therefore, the
science of ballistics auxiliary aids in particular science is very important to start from the
investigation stage through trial.
This study aims to determine the role of ballistic science aids in uncovering cases of
robbery with firearms and what obstacles they face. Data obtained in the research literature and
the field is processed and analyzed in a qualitative, meaning that the analysis by using qualitative
measures. Data obtained from literature and field either orally or in writing, then directed,
discussed and given an explanation to the provisions that apply, and then conclude with the
inductive method, namely to draw conclusions from the general to the particular.
Conclusion of the study, that the role of ballistic science aids in uncovering cases of
robbery with firearms is to help locate and determine the type of projectile / bullet from a firearm
being used, so as to find out who the owner of a firearm and who is using it. Barriers faced by
police in preventing the occurrence of robbery with firearms, among others, the number of illegal
circulation of firearms, smuggling of firearms, or assembly of firearms illegally in Indonesia, a
group of actors in the younger age in sedentary activities and have a network of outside city
(professional), so that the disclosure-disclosure or arrest the perpetrator is often incomplete (only
some of which caught) or people are still afraid to provide the support in the form of passing