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http://www.inq7.net/nat/2003/feb/02/nat_4-1.htm
President relaxes
gun ban order
Posted: 11:07 PM (Manila Time) | Feb. 01, 2003
By TJ Burgonio
Inquirer News Service
CLEARLY under pressure from pro-gun advocates protesting her total gun ban order, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has allowed police authorities to issue permits to carry firearms outside of residences (PTCFORs) to individuals under threat, officials said Saturday.
Only two days before, Ms Macapagal instructed Philippine National Police chief Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. to cancel all permits to carry guns issued to civilian gun owners and offered a one-year amnesty to owners of unlicensed firearms for them to register their weapons.
Advocates of responsible gun ownership protested the ban, warning that this would leave civilians defenseless against gun-toting criminals.
Yesterday, the President directed Ebdane to issue PTCFORs to those whose lives are under threat, according Senior Supt. Geary Barias, the director of the PNP firearms and explosives division.
Ebdane earlier said that anyone wishing to be exempted from the ban must show proof of the actual threat on his life. He said police intelligence officers must confirm the threat.
"There must be an actual threat. It must be validated by the chief of police in the area where the individual resides or where an incident happened, and will be further validated by the regional intelligence officer," he said.
Until the gun ban, the PNP had been issuing PTCFORs to individuals regardless of whether there were threats to their lives, according to Barias. The police has so far issued some 31,000 PCTFORs.
Reynaldo "Nandy" Pacheco, the head of the Gunless Society, expressed some doubt over Ms Macapagal's latest order, saying that any threat does not justify the arming of oneself.
"Exemptions are dangerous. When you start granting exemptions, that spells trouble," Pacheco said in a phone interview.
Officers of the Professional, Responsible Owners of Gun (Pro-gun) could not be reached for comment.
Trade Secretary Mar Roxas on Saturday said an effective gun control would further boost investor confidence.
Roxas has expressed concern over a recent series of incidents of hijacking, highway robberies and pilferage of goods experienced by exporters operating in the economic zones of Cavite and Laguna.
"These criminal acts were carried out successfully because the perpetrators were fully armed," he said in a statement.
Roxas said the government has to further strengthen law enforcement to inspire confidence among citizens, particularly business owners and executives.
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But there's this SMALL matter of justifying a death threat...
REEE-HAW!!!!
http://www.inq7.net/nat/2003/feb/02/nat_4-1.htm
President relaxes
gun ban order
Posted: 11:07 PM (Manila Time) | Feb. 01, 2003
By TJ Burgonio
Inquirer News Service
CLEARLY under pressure from pro-gun advocates protesting her total gun ban order, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has allowed police authorities to issue permits to carry firearms outside of residences (PTCFORs) to individuals under threat, officials said Saturday.
Only two days before, Ms Macapagal instructed Philippine National Police chief Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. to cancel all permits to carry guns issued to civilian gun owners and offered a one-year amnesty to owners of unlicensed firearms for them to register their weapons.
Advocates of responsible gun ownership protested the ban, warning that this would leave civilians defenseless against gun-toting criminals.
Yesterday, the President directed Ebdane to issue PTCFORs to those whose lives are under threat, according Senior Supt. Geary Barias, the director of the PNP firearms and explosives division.
Ebdane earlier said that anyone wishing to be exempted from the ban must show proof of the actual threat on his life. He said police intelligence officers must confirm the threat.
"There must be an actual threat. It must be validated by the chief of police in the area where the individual resides or where an incident happened, and will be further validated by the regional intelligence officer," he said.
Until the gun ban, the PNP had been issuing PTCFORs to individuals regardless of whether there were threats to their lives, according to Barias. The police has so far issued some 31,000 PCTFORs.
Reynaldo "Nandy" Pacheco, the head of the Gunless Society, expressed some doubt over Ms Macapagal's latest order, saying that any threat does not justify the arming of oneself.
"Exemptions are dangerous. When you start granting exemptions, that spells trouble," Pacheco said in a phone interview.
Officers of the Professional, Responsible Owners of Gun (Pro-gun) could not be reached for comment.
Trade Secretary Mar Roxas on Saturday said an effective gun control would further boost investor confidence.
Roxas has expressed concern over a recent series of incidents of hijacking, highway robberies and pilferage of goods experienced by exporters operating in the economic zones of Cavite and Laguna.
"These criminal acts were carried out successfully because the perpetrators were fully armed," he said in a statement.
Roxas said the government has to further strengthen law enforcement to inspire confidence among citizens, particularly business owners and executives.
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But there's this SMALL matter of justifying a death threat...