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Final gun amnesty set Oct 1-31 2009

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Posted: Jul 11 2009, 10:32 AM

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Palace fiat sets gun amnesty Oct. 1-31
Friday, July 10, 2009 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES

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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered a month-long gun amnesty ahead of the 2010 elections.

In Executive Order 817, she ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to carry out a final general firearms amnesty program from Oct. 1 to 31 where owners of loose firearms may renew expired licenses or reigster their firearms with the PNP.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines, National Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Customs, Philippine Ports Authority, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and other law enforcement groups were also directed to aid the PNP in confiscating loose firearms.

"This would reduce the chance of loose firearms being used in election-related crimes which may derail the realization of a peaceful, orderly, and credible electoral exercise in 2010," Mrs. Arroyo said.

PNP data showed there are an estimated 1.1 million loose firearms nationwide as of last May, 559,326 of which have expired licenses while 15,676 are with threat groups, 5,726 are with criminal elements. The remaining 529,550 unregistered firearms are with the general public.

Data also showed 97% of all crime incidents from 2004 to 2008 were committed using loose firearms.

"Pursuant to the duty of the state to protect its citizens and maintain peace and order, there is a need to implement a national firearms control program," Mrs. Arroyo said.

She claimed the initiative is expected to reduce the number of loose firearms by an average of 3% a month through aggressive law enforcement, include a general amnesty for loose firearms.

Mr. Verzosa was also directed to issue the implementing rules and regulations to implement the amnesty subject to the approval of the Secretary of Interior and Local Government.

The President also ordered the National Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (NLECC) to review existing firearms laws and regulations and propose necessary amendments to institute an effective national firearms control program.

NLECC coordinates all government agencies concerned with formulating law enforcement policies, providing inputs and recommendations, and works for the passage of important legislation on peace and order, economy and the environment.

The committee has 42 members and focuses on anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism; dangerous drugs; financial fraud, tax evasion and currency violation; firearms and explosives control; intelligence coordination; and coordinates with the International Police. � BSSD

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Boombanger	Posted: Jul 11 2009, 03:53 PM
Sargento Vice Primero Group: Rangers Posts: 122 Member No.: 50 Joined: 30-July 04	I hope this will be the final amnesty and a final and thorough crackdown after this. No more ningas-cogon eh?

fatbat_mca	Posted: Jul 13 2009, 12:38 PM
Sargento Mayor Group: Rangers Posts: 176 Member No.: 5,317 Joined: 22-December 08	Police track down loose firearms Police will go house to house to inform the public of the government's final gun amnesty program which ends on Oct. 31. Senior Supt. Jesus Gaquing, chief of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO), yesterday said he already ordered chiefs of police in municipalities to urge gun holders to have their guns licensed. “We will conduct random house visits and ask the help of the barangay officials to inform their constituents of the government's gun amnesty program,” said Gaquing after the Philippine National Police (PNP) formed Oplan Kontra Buga to address the problem of loose firearms in the country. According to PNP statistics, unlicensed firearms in the country have reached 1.2 million. Police said the data included the firearms of gun owners who had not renewed their licenses and unlicensed firearms who were used by criminal elements. Police said that in Central Visayas there are at least 52,000 unlicensed guns. Cebu City Police Chief Patrocinio Comendador Jr. said his office has also conducted an information drive on the gun amnesty program. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued Executive Order 817 granting a “final general firearms amnesty” from Oct. 1-31. “All loose firearms holders, be they with expired licenses and/or unregistered firearms, shall be encouraged and be given an opportunity to obtain the required firearms licenses,” the President said in the order dated July 7. Under the guidelines, owners of loose firearms need to register at a police station and pay P1,000 for every unlicensed firearm or P650 for every firearm with expired license. They will be given temporary licenses, which will be valid until they get permanent licenses. http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudaily...loose--firearms -------------------- brave sky!

didu	Posted: Oct 29 2009, 07:06 PM
Capitan Group: Paratroops Posts: 326 Member No.: 117 Joined: 7-September 04	http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?artic...bCategoryId=200 good news PNP calls for 1-month extension of gun amnesty By Dennis Carcamo (philstar.com) Updated October 29, 2009 04:55 PM MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has asked President Arroyo for a month-long extension of the gun amnesty to give gun owners more time to register their undocumented guns and renew expired licenses. The PNP has requested the President, through Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno, for an extension of the General Firearms Amnesty from Nov. 1 to 30, 2009. Executive Order No. 817 only provided for a gun amnesty from Oct. 1 to Oct. 31. In his letter to President Arroyo, Puno said an extension of the amnesty period is "now requested by the public to give individual firearm holders and juridical entities more time and opportunity to renew expired firearm licenses or register their loose firearms in consideration of the effect of recent calamities that has not only taken its toll but has taken the time from potential registrants to avail of the amnesty." The PNP has significantly accomplished its target of 3 percent monthly reduction of the estimated 1.1 million loose firearms in the country.

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